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

(a) In generalExcept 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 laboratoriesThis section shall not apply to the national security laboratories with respect to which section 3119 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) applies.