US Code
CHAPTER 63— TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
§ 3711c. Advanced motor vehicle research award

(a) EstablishmentThere is established a National Award for the Advancement of Motor Vehicle Research and Development. The award shall consist of a medal, and a cash prize if funding is available for the prize under subsection (c). The medal shall be of such design and materials and bear inscriptions as is determined by the Secretary of Transportation.
(b) Making and presenting awardThe Secretary of Transportation shall periodically make and present the award to domestic motor vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, or Federal laboratory personnel who, in the opinion of the Secretary of Transportation, have substantially improved domestic motor vehicle research and development in safety, energy savings, or environmental impact. No person may receive the award more than once every 5 years.
(c) Funding for awardThe Secretary of Transportation may seek and accept gifts of money from private sources for the purpose of making cash prize awards under this section. Such money may be used only for that purpose, and only such money may be used for that purpose.

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Title 15— COMMERCE AND TRADE

CHAPTER 63— TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

§ 3701. Findings

§ 3702. Purpose

§ 3703. Definitions

§ 3704. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology

§ 3704a. Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation

§ 3704b. National Technical Information Service

§ 3704b–1. Recovery of operating costs through fee collections

§ 3704b–2. Transfer of Federal scientific and technical information

§ 3705. Cooperative Research Centers

§ 3706. Grants and cooperative agreements

§ 3707. National Science Foundation Cooperative Research Centers

§ 3708. Administrative arrangements

§ 3709. Repealed. , ,

§ 3710. Utilization of Federal technology

§ 3710a. Cooperative research and development agreements

§ 3710b. Rewards for scientific, engineering, and technical personnel of Federal agencies

§ 3710c. Distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies

§ 3710d. Employee activities

§ 3711. National Technology and Innovation Medal

§ 3711a. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

§ 3711b. Conference on advanced automotive technologies

§ 3711c. Advanced motor vehicle research award

§ 3712. Personnel exchanges

§ 3713. Authorization of appropriations

§ 3714. Spending authority

§ 3715. Use of partnership intermediaries

§ 3716. Critical industries

§ 3717. National Quality Council

§ 3718. President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness

§ 3719. Prize competitions

§ 3720. Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

§ 3721. Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing

§ 3722. Regional innovation program

§ 3722a. Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program

§ 3722b. Distressed area Recompete Pilot Program

§ 3723. STEM apprenticeship programs

§ 3724. Crowdsourcing and citizen science