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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2701. Findings
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) In an increasingly competitive world economy, the companies
and nations that lead in the rapid development,
commercialization, and application of new and advanced
technologies, and in the high-quality, competitively priced
production of goods and services, will lead in economic growth,
employment, and high living standards.
(2) While the United States remains the world leader in science
and invention, it has not done well in rapidly making the
transition from achievement in its research laboratories to
high-quality, competitively priced production of goods and
services. This lag and the unprecedented competitive challenge
that the United States has faced from abroad have contributed to
a drop in real wages and living standards.
(3) Companies that are successfully competitive in the rapid
development, commercialization, application, and implementation
of advanced technologies, and in the successful delivery of goods
and services, recognize that worker participation and
labor-management cooperation in the deployment, application, and
implementation of advanced workplace technologies make an
important contribution to high-quality, competitively priced
production of goods and services and in maintaining and improving
real wages for workers.
(4) The Federal Government has an important role in encouraging
and augmenting private sector efforts relating to the
development, application, manufacture, and deployment of new and
advanced technologies. The role should be to -
(A) work with private companies, States, worker
organizations, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of
higher education to ensure the development, application,
production, and implementation of new and advanced technologies
to promote the improvement of workers' skills, wages, job
security, and working conditions, and a healthy environment;
(B) encourage worker and worker organization participation in
the development, commercialization, evaluation, selection,
application, and implementation of new and advanced
technologies in the workplace; and
(C) promote the use and integration of new and advanced
technologies in the workplace that enhance workers' skills.
(5) In working with the private sector to promote the
technological leadership and economic growth of the United
States, the Federal Government has a responsibility to ensure
that Federal technology programs help the United States to remain
competitive and to maintain and improve living standards and to
create and retain secure jobs in economically stable communities.
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