{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-4026","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 4026","heading":"Cooperative research and development agreements under Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980","body":"The Secretary of Defense, in carrying out research projects through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Secretary of each military department, in carrying out research projects, may permit the director of any federally funded research and development center to enter into cooperative research and development agreements with any person, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local government, and any other entity under the authority granted by section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a). Technology may be transferred to a non-Federal party to such an agreement consistent with the provisions of sections 11 and 12 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 3710, 3710a).","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 301—RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"a23cb2a9eb2f4adf31760e37701833bd0a4989e7ca276da0c5aa08381feea5c2","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-4025","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-4027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}