A bill to establish a materials policy for the United States, to create a materials research and development capability, and to provide an organizational structure for the effective application of such research capability.
National Materials Policy Research, and Organization Act - Title I: National Materials Policy - Establishes policy objectives for basic and applied research programs in materials science. Establishes objectives for research programs designed to implement a national materials policy which provides for the maximum effective use of limited resources.
Title II: Organization and Operation - Establishes a National Materials Policy Board in the Executive Office of the President to advise the President on alternative methods of implementing national materials policy, and to review Federal programs which affect national materials policy. Directs the President to appoint a Special Assistant for Materials Policy to serve as chairman of the Board.
Establishes a Commission on Materials Research and Operations to review programs recommended by the Board. Directs the Commission to establish a Patent Policy Committee to consider special problems relating to dispositions of patents resulting from Government-funded research.
Establishes Select Committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate on the subject of materials policy.
Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
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