42 USC § 7261b - Technology transfer to small businesses

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title: "42 USC § 7261b - Technology transfer to small businesses"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7261b"
section_name: "Technology transfer to small businesses"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–484, div. C, title XXXI, § 3135(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2641.)"
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# § 7261b. Technology transfer to small businesses

**(1)** The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to facilitate and encourage the transfer of technology to small businesses and shall issue guidelines relating to the program not later than May 1, 1993.

**(2)** For the purposes of this section, the term “small business” means a business concern that meets the applicable size standards prescribed pursuant to section 632(a) of title 15.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–484, div. C, title XXXI, § 3135(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2641.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.