{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s18646","title_num":"42","num":"§ 18646.","heading":"Isotope development and production for research applications","status":null,"guid":"id7bf94747-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 115–246, title III, § 308(a), Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3150.)","seq_in_title":8054,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch161/schIII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch161","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 161—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch161/schIII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER III—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id90015428-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s18646\"><num value=\"18646\">§ 18646.</num><heading> Isotope development and production for research applications</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Director—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id90015429-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s18646/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> may carry out a program for the production of isotopes, including the development of techniques to produce isotopes, that the Secretary determines are needed for research, medical, industrial, or related purposes; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id9001542a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s18646/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> shall ensure that isotope production activities carried out under the program under this paragraph do not compete with private industry unless the Director determines that critical national interests require the involvement of the Federal Government.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id9001542b-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/115/246/tIII/s308/a\">Pub. L. 115–246, title III, § 308(a)</ref>, <date date=\"2018-09-28\">Sept. 28, 2018</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/132/3150\">132 Stat. 3150</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}