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 disposition 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to House Committee on Rules.
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