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# 42 U.S.C. § 18612 - Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program

## Text

(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that laboratory operating contractors do not allocate costs of general and administrative overhead to laboratory directed research and development.

(b) Exception for national security laboratories This section shall not apply to the national security laboratories with respect to which section 3119 11 See References in Text note below. of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) applies.

(Pub. L. 115–246, title I, § 104, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3132.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextSection 3119 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 3119 of Pub. L. 114–328, which was set out as a note under section 2791 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117–263, div. C, title XXXI, § 3116(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3054.