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# 42 U.S.C. § 18381 - Technology development

## Text

The Administrator shall ensure that the Science Mission Directorate maintains a long term technology development program for space and Earth science. This effort should be coordinated with an overall Agency technology investment approach, as authorized in section 905 of this Act.

(Pub. L. 111–267, title VIII, § 801, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2832.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextSection 905 of this Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 905, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2836, which is not classified to the Code.