15 USC § 5301 - Findings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s5301"
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title: "15 USC § 5301 - Findings"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "5301"
section_name: "Findings"
chapter_number: 79
chapter_name: "METAL CASTING COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–425, § 2, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 915.)"
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# § 5301. Findings

The Congress finds that—

**(1)** metal casting is an important process for manufacturing many items imported into or exported from the United States;

**(2)** the encouragement and maintenance of a technically advanced United States metal casting industry is essential to the competitiveness of many American industries;

**(3)** maintaining a viable metal casting industry is vital to the national security and economic well being of the United States;

**(4)** the promotion of technology competitiveness and energy efficiency in the United States metal casting industry by the Federal Government is necessary to maintain a viable metal casting industry;

**(5)** many metal casting companies lack the resources to conduct metal casting research alone, placing them at a serious competitive disadvantage;

**(6)** the support of university-based research in metal casting is important in promoting technology development and providing industry with qualified engineers; and

**(7)** by combining the resources of the Federal Government, universities, industry, and private organizations, to conduct research and development activities, substantial technological benefits will result to the metal casting industry.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–425, § 2, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 915.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Department of Energy Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of 1990’.”

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