clude a Federal laboratory or laboratories, Government-
owned and operated industrial facilities, defense contrac-
tors, other institutions of higher education, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and agencies of State governments. Those
partnerships that demonstrate multi-disciplinary ap-
proaches to training and regional collaboration of local ef-
forts to deliver comprehensive services to displaced defense
workers and at-risk defense workers shall be given priority
in receiving assistance.
(d) TYPES OF TRAINING.—Basic skills training pro-
vided to displaced defense workers and at-risk defense
workers by a partnership receiving assistance under this
section may include reentry student programs on studying
and computer skills to prepare workers for higher edu-
cation courses and part time and weekend associate and
baccalaureate degree programs specially developed for dis-
placed defense workers and at-risk defense workers. Ad-
vanced skills training should be targeted at projected em-
ployment growth areas, such as environmental engineer-
ing, biotechnology and marine biotechnology, and ad-
vanced materials.
(e) LOCATION OF TRAINING.—A partnership receiv-
ing assistance under this section must be able to provide
training both at defense facilities and at other sites located
within a defense dependent area.
(f) SELECTION OF WORKERS.—The application sub-
mitted to the Secretary of Defense by a proposed partner-
ship shall include information on the method by which dis-
placed defense workers and at-risk defense workers will
be selected to participate in training provided by the part-
nership. A worker selected to receive advanced training
may not be charged for such training.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this sec-
tion. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall
be available until expended.
SEC. 104. ENGINEER RETRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a program under which
the Secretary makes grants to eligible entities—
(A) to provide retraining services to individuals
described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of ena-
bling such individuals to obtain employment in the
field of environmental engineering; and
(B) to provide fellowship assistance to such in-
dividuals while they are receiving retraining de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
(2) The individuals referred to in paragraph (1) are
individuals—
(A) who are displaced defense workers, at-risk
defense workers, or separated members of the
Armed Forces; and
(B) who have experience in the field of engi-
neering.
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A grant under this section
may be made only to a Tier I Public Research University
with facilities located within a defense dependent area.
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary of Defense
may select a proposal submitted by a Tier I Public Re-
search University for a grant under this section if the pro-
posal—
(1) provides for the establishment of a program
to provide training in the field of environmental en-
gineering for individuals described in subsection (a);
(2) establishes a competitive fellowship assist-
ance program under which the eligible entity shall
award fellowships to 20 such individuals who are
participating in the retraining program;
(3) gives preference for participation in the pro-
gram to such individuals who are more than 45
years of age without regard to whether such individ-
uals have obtained a college degree, or its equiva-
lency, in the field of engineering; and
(4) satisfies such other criteria as the Secretary
considers to be appropriate.
(d) SELECTION
BY SECRETARY.—Applications for
grants under this section shall be evaluated and selected
on the basis of merit pursuant to competitive procedures
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(e) LIMITATION.—Not more than $2,000,000 of the
total amounts awarded to a Tier I Public Research Uni-
versity in grants under this section may be used by the
entity for start-up costs associated with establishing the
retraining program, including any costs associated with
the construction or renovation of physical facilities.
(f) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER ASSISTANCE.—This sec-
tion may not be construed to preclude the eligibility of
individuals described in subsection (a) from participation
in any other assistance program established in this title.
(g) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Tier I Public Research University’’ means an insti-
tution of higher education that the Secretary of Defense
determines—
(1) offers a full range of baccalaureate pro-
grams;
(2) is committed to graduate education through
a doctorate degree program that awards at least 50
advanced degrees a year;
(3) gives a high priority to research; and
(4) receives at least $33,500,000 a year in Fed-
eral funding.
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this sec-
tion. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall
be available until expended.
TITLE II—DEFENSE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 201. DEFENSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall make grants to communities, including defense
dependent communities, located in defense dependent
areas to assist these communities in the economic transi-
tion necessary as a result of reductions in expenditures
by the United States for defense or the closure of defense
facilities.
(b) PREFERENCE
GIVEN
TO
CERTAIN
COMMU-
NITIES.—In reviewing applications for grants under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall give preference to applica-
tions from communities—
(1) that submit as part of the application a
comprehensive plan for the economic redevelopment
and conversion of the community from dependence
on defense-based activities to nondefense-related ac-
tivities;
(2) that propose to use the grant funds to cre-
ate export-related or manufacturing jobs; and
(3) that the largest number of displaced defense
workers as a percentage of all workers residing or
employed in the community.
(c) CERTAIN PREFERENCES PROHIBITED.—In mak-
ing grants under this section, the Secretary may not give
a preference to a community adversely affected by the clo-
sure of the military installation over a similarly situated
community that has suffered economic distress as a result
of the curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment
of a defense contract.
(d) ANTI-ROBBERY RULE.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure
that a community receiving a grant under this section does
not use such grant to assist in the relocation of an existing
business, or existing employment positions with that busi-
ness, to that community from another community
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—A community receiving a grant
under this section may use the grant funds for the follow-
ing activities:
(7) Disposition (through sale, lease, donation,
or otherwise) of any real property acquired using
grant funds or its retention for public purposes.
(8) Provision of public services, including those
concerned with employment, crime prevention, child
care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conserva-
tion, welfare or recreation needs, if such services
have not been provided by the unit of general local
government (through funds raised by such unit, or
received by such unit from the State in which it is
located) during any part of the twelve-month period
immediately preceding the date of the grant under
this section. However, not more that 15 percent of
the amount of the grant may be used for activities
under this paragraph.
(9) Payment of the non-Federal share required
in connection with a Federal grant-in-aid program
undertaken as part of the activities authorized under
this subsection.
(10) Payment of the cost of completing a
project funded under title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974.
(11) Relocation payments and assistance for
displaced individuals, families, businesses, organiza-
tions, and farm operations, when determined by the
grantee to be appropriate.
(12) Activities necessary to develop a com-
prehensive community development plan and to de-
velop a policy-planning-management capacity so that
the recipient of assistance under this section may
more rationally and effectively—
(A) determine its needs;
(B) set long-term goals and short-term ob-
jectives;
(C) devise programs and activities to meet
these goals and objectives;
(D) evaluate the progress of such pro-
grams in accomplishing these goals and objec-
tives; and
(E) carry out management, coordination,
and monitoring of activities necessary for effec-
tive planning implementation.
(13) Payment of reasonable administrative
costs and carrying charges related to the planning
and execution of community development and hous-
ing activities, including the provision of information
and resources to residents of areas in which commu-
nity development and housing activities are to be
concentrated with respect to the planning and execu-
tion of such activities.
(14) Activities which are carried out by public
or private nonprofit entities, including—
(A) acquisition of real property;
(B) acquisition, construction, reconstruc-
tion, rehabilitation, or installation of (i) public
facilities (except for buildings for the general
conduct of government), site improvements, and
utilities, and (ii) commercial or industrial build-
ings or structures and other commercial or in-
dustrial real property improvements; and
(C) planning.
(15) Assistance to neighborhood-based non-
profit organizations, local development corporations,
or entities organized under section 301(d) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to carry out
a neighborhood revitalization or community eco-
nomic development or energy conservative project,
and assistance to neighborhood-based nonprofit or-
ganizations, or other private or public nonprofit or-
ganizations, for the purpose of assisting, as part of
neighborhood revitalization or other community de-
velopment, the development of shared housing oppor-
tunities (other than by construction of new facilities)
in which elderly families (as defined in section
3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937)
benefit as a result of living in a dwelling in which
the facilities are shared with others in a manner
that effectively and efficiently meets the housing
needs of the residents and thereby reduces their cost
of housing.
(16) Activities necessary to the development of
energy use strategies related to a recipient’s develop-
ment goals, to assure that those goals are achieved
with maximum energy efficiency, including items
such as—
(A) an analysis of the manner in, and the
extent to, which energy conservation objectives
will be integrated into local government oper-
ations, purchasing and service delivery, capital
improvements, budgeting, waste management,
district heating and cooling, land use planning
and zoning, and traffic control, parking, and
public transportation functions; and
(B) a statement of the actions the recipi-
ent will take to foster energy conservation and
the use of renewable energy resources in the
private sector, including the enactment and en-
forcement of local codes and ordinances to en-
courage or mandate energy conservation or use
of renewable energy resources, financial and
other assistance to be provided (principally for
the benefit of low- and moderate-income per-
sons) to make energy conserving improvements
to residential structures and any other proposed
energy conservation activities.
(17) Provision of assistance to private, for-prof-
it entities, when the assistance is appropriate to
carry out an economic development project (that
shall minimize, to the extent practicable, displace-
ment of existing businesses and jobs in neighbor-
hoods) that—
(A) creates or retains jobs for low- and
moderate-income persons;
(B) prevents or eliminates slums and
blight;
(C) meets urgent needs;
(D) creates or retains businesses owned by
community residents;
(E) assists businesses that provide goods
or services needed by, and affordable to, low-
and moderate-income residents; or
(F) provides technical assistance to pro-
mote any of the activities under subparagraphs
(A) through (E).
(18) Rehabilitation or development of housing
assisted under section 17 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937.
(19) Provision of assistance to facilitate sub-
stantial reconstruction of housing owned and occu-
pied by low and moderate income persons
(A) where the need for the reconstruction
was not determinable until after rehabilitation
under this section had already commenced; or
(B) where the reconstruction is part of a
neighborhood rehabilitation effort and the
grantee (i) determines the housing is not suit-
able for rehabilitation, and (ii) demonstrates to
the satisfaction of the Secretary that the cost of
substantial reconstruction is significantly less
than the cost of new construction and less than
the fair market value of the property after sub-
stantial reconstruction.
(20) Provision of direct assistance to facilitate
and expand homeownership among persons of low
and moderate income (except that such assistance
shall not be considered a public service for purposes
of paragraph (8)) by using such assistance to—
(A) subsidize interest rates and mortgage
principal amounts for low- and moderate-in-
come homebuyers;
(B) finance the acquisition by low- and
moderate-income homebuyers of housing that is
occupied by the homebuyers;
(C) acquire guarantees for mortgage fi-
nancing obtained by low- and moderate-income
homebuyers from private lenders (except that
amounts received under this title may not be
used under this subparagraph to directly guar-
antee such mortgage financing and grantees
under this title may not directly provide such
guarantees);
(D) provide up to 50 percent of any down-
payment required from low- or moderate-income
homebuyers; or
(E) pay reasonable closing costs (normally
associated with the purchase of a home) in-
curred by low- or moderate-income homebuyers.
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.—Upon the re-
quest of the recipient of a grant under this section, the
Secretary may agree to perform administrative services on
a reimbursable basis on behalf of such recipient in connec-
tion with the use of the grant.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this sec-
tion. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall
be available until expended.
TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
TECH-
NOLOGY 
AND 
INDUSTRIAL
BASE INITIATIVES
SEC. 301. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND
APPLICATION PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIPS.—(1) Subchapter
III of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2519. Alternative technology development and ap-
plication partnerships
‘‘(a) SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary of
Defense shall conduct a program to provide assistance for
the establishment or continuation of cooperative arrange-
ments (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘partner-
ships’) between institutions of higher education described
in subsection (d) and agencies of State governments and
other entities referred to in section 2511(b) of this title
in order to enhance existing programs of alternative tech-
nology development and application, and the establishment
of new programs in alternative technology development
and application, with respect to—
‘‘(1) pollution prevention and coastal environ-
mental restoration, including robotics application to
defense environmental restoration activities;
‘‘(2) 
biotechnology, 
including 
marine 
bio-
technology, and biomanufacturing;
‘‘(3) advanced materials;
‘‘(4) nanoprecision and microprecision tech-
nologies;
‘‘(5) generation and transmission of laser light;
and
‘‘(6) machine tool design.
‘‘(b) TYPES
AND AMOUNT
OF ASSISTANCE.—The
Secretary of Defense may make grants, enter into con-
tracts, or enter into cooperative agreements and other
transactions pursuant to section 2371 of this title in order
to assist the partnerships. The Secretary shall ensure that,
to the maximum extent practicable, the amount of the
funds provided by the Federal Government under a part-
nership does not exceed the total amount provided by non-
Federal Government participants in that partnership.
‘‘(c) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—A partnership receiving
assistance under this section may use the assistance—
‘‘(1) to support research, development, and ap-
plication of alternative technologies referred to in
subsection (a); and
‘‘(2) to construct and operate facilities in or ad-
jacent to university research facilities in order to
maintain favorable conditions for research, develop-
ment, and application of alternative technologies re-
ferred to in subsection (a).
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—Assistance under this section may be provided
only to institutions of higher education with research fa-
cilities located in or within 50 miles of a community which
has within its administrative and political jurisdiction a
defense contractor or military installation for which the
Secretary of Defense determines that the actual or threat-
ened curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment
of a defense contract or program or the realignment or
closure of the installation or a facility of the contractor
results, or is likely to result, in a workforce reduction, over
a 12-month period, of 250 or more employee positions (in-
cluding part-time employee positions) and the loss of
10,000 or more work hours per week.
‘‘(e) PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding assistance under this section, the Secretary shall
give a preference to an institution of higher education with
an established record of conducting research regarding al-
ternative technologies referred to in subsection (a), par-
ticularly as part of a State comprehensive economic devel-
opment and conversion plan. The Secretary may also give
a preference to alternative technology development and ap-
plication programs involving dual-use critical technology
and partnerships and partnership proposals involving de-
fense contractors.
‘‘(f) MERIT COMPETITION.—Applications for assist-
ance under this section shall be evaluated on the basis of
merit pursuant to competitive procedures prescribed by
the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary may select a part-
nership to receive assistance if the proposal, at a mini-
mum, satisfies each of the following:
‘‘(1) Contains innovative approaches for the de-
velopment or application of alternative technology.
‘‘(2) Demonstrates a strong commitment by the
proponents to apply the resources necessary to
achieve the objectives for which the assistance is to
be made.
‘‘(3) Provides for the conduct of research that
supports the proposed program and is likely to im-
prove manufacturing technology.
‘‘(4) Demonstrates a significant level of involve-
ment of eligible firms in the proposed research ac-
tivities.
‘‘(5) Is likely to attract superior students.
‘‘(6) Proposes to involve fully qualified faculty
personnel who are experienced in research and edu-
cation in areas associated with manufacturing engi-
neering and technology.
‘‘(7) Proposes to achieve a significant level of
participation by women, members of minority
groups, and individuals with disabilities through ac-
tive recruitment of students from among such per-
sons.
‘‘(8) Includes employees who have been termi-
nated or laid off, or have received a notice of termi-
nation or lay off, as a consequence of reductions in
expenditures by the United States for defense or the
closure of a defense facility, as determined in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of
Defense.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such sub-
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘2519. Alternative technology development and application partnerships.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out section
2519 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a). Funds appropriated pursuant to this sub-
section shall be available until expended.
SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EN-
TREPRENEURIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS.
(a) SUPPORT OF CENTERS.—(1) Subchapter III of
chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding after section 2519, as added by section 301,
the following new section:
‘‘§ 2520. Environmental and entrepreneurial tech-
nology centers
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO ESTABLISH CENTERS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall make grants to institutions of
higher education in defense dependent areas to assist in
the establishment or operation of environmental and en-
trepreneurial technology centers that would focus on the
transfer of technology and human resources from defense-
related industries into growth sectors of the environmental
field. The grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In order to qualify for a grant under this sec-
tion, an institution of higher education must demonstrate
appropriate environmental research capabilities and re-
sources, as well as proven interaction with defense-related
industries, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. The
institution of higher education must also offer graduate
programs of coursework in environmental science and en-
gineering and must integrate these programs into research
efforts of the proposed centers in order to provide students
with the practical experience in the activities specified in
subsection (c). In selecting grant recipients, the Secretary
shall give priority to institutions of higher education with
a proven interaction with the Environmental Protection
Agency.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—A proposed center
should include at least four of the following activities as
the primary focus of the center, and must be able to dem-
onstrate expertise in these areas:
‘‘(1) Pollution prevention.
‘‘(2) Site remediation.
‘‘(3) Environmental systems modeling.
‘‘(4) Industrial waste treatment.
‘‘(5) Chemical demilitarization.
‘‘(6) Analytical environmental chemistry.
‘‘(d) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
AND TRAINING.—
Technology transfer and training must be integrated into
all activities of a center receiving a grant under this sec-
tion.
‘‘(e) NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—In order
for this grant program to be as effective as possible, a
stable funding base is necessary for new centers. To pro-
vide such a base, the Secretary of Defense shall award
only 10 grants under this section in fiscal year 1994. In
fiscal years 1995 and 1996, the Secretary shall give these
10 grantees priority for additional grants if the Secretary
determines the these grantees have properly and success-
fully used previous grants. The Secretary shall award 15
grants under this section in fiscal year 1995 and 20 grants
under this section in fiscal year 1996. A grant under this
section may not exceed $3,000,000.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘center’ means an environmental
and entrepreneurial technology center assisted or
proposed to be assisted under this section.
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense dependent area’ has the
meaning given that term in section 3(2) of the De-
fense Economic Reinvestment Act of 1993.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such sub-
chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 2519, as added by section 301, the following new
item:
‘‘2520. Environmental and entrepreneurial technology centers.’’.
(b) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1)
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
of Defense to carry out section 2520 of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a)—
(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
(B) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
(2) Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection
shall be available until expended.
SEC. 303. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY SURVEYS.
(a) GRANTS FOR SURVEYS.—(1) Subchapter I of
Chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2508. State manufacturing technology surveys
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO CONDUCT SURVEYS.—The National
Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council shall
make a grant to each State to carry out a survey of eligible
firms engaged in manufacturing activities in the State.
The survey shall include an inventory of manufacturing
equipment, processes, and technologies used in the State
and such other information as may be necessary to deter-
mine the manufacturing technology capabilities of the in-
dustrial base in the State.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The Council shall not accept the
proposal of a State to conduct a survey under subsection
(a) unless the application contains assurances that the
State will use institutions of higher education and non-
profit industrial manufacturers associations in the prepa-
ration and execution of the survey.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘2508. State manufacturing technology surveys.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 for grants under section
2508 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a). Funds appropriated pursuant to this sub-
section shall be available until expended.
SEC. 304. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR THE CONVERSION AND
DIVERSIFICATION OF DEFENSE FACILITIES
WITH A MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACT OR SUB-
CONTRACT.
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall establish a loan guarantee program to as-
sist a defense facility holding a major defense contract or
subcontract to finance one or more of the following eco-
nomic development projects:
(1) Conversion of defense-related production fa-
cilities or equipment of the small business concern to
nondefense-related use.
(2) Diversification of the operations of the
small business concern toward greater emphasis on
production or services for the civilian sector of the
economy.
(3) Training employees of the small business
concern as part of a conversion or diversification
process.
(b) DETERMINATIONS FOR GUARANTEES.—On such
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, the Secretary may make commitments to guarantee
the payment of principal and interest on loans to a defense
facility under subsection (a) only if at the time the com-
mitment is issued the Secretary determines that—
(1) the commitment is needed to enable the de-
fense facility to convert or diversify to nondefense-
related activities, and failure to meet such need
would adversely and seriously affect the economy of,
or employment in, the United States or any region
thereof;
(2) the defense facility has submitted to the
Secretary a satisfactory operating plan (including
budget and cash flow projections) for the next four-
year period demonstrating the ability of the defense
facility to continue operations as a going concern as
a result of the conversion or diversification, and
after that period, to continue such operations as a
going concern without additional guarantees or other
Federal financing; and
(3) the Secretary has received such assurances
as the Secretary may require that the operating plan
is realistic and feasible.
(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—A
loan guarantee may be issued under this section only pur-
suant to a commitment issued under subsection (b). The
terms of any such commitment shall provide that a loan
guarantee may be issued under this section only if at the
time the loan guarantee is issued, the Secretary deter-
mines that—
(1) credit is not otherwise available to the de-
fense facility under reasonable terms or conditions
sufficient to meet its financing needs as reflected in
its conversion or diversification plan;
(2) the prospective earning power of the defense
facility, together with the character and value of the
security pledged, furnish reasonable assurance of re-
payment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance
with its terms;
(3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at
a rate determined by the Secretary to be reasonable
taking into account the current average yield on out-
standing obligations of the United States with re-
maining periods to maturity comparable to the ma-
turity of such loan; and
(4) the operating plan of the defense facility
continues to meet the requirements of subsection
(b).
(d) DETERMINATIONS
CONCLUSIVE.—Any deter-
mination by the Secretary that the conditions established
by this section have been met shall be conclusive, and such
determination shall be evidenced by the issuance of the
guarantee or commitment for which such determination
is required.
(e) LIMITATIONS ON GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—The
authority of the Secretary to extend loan guarantees under
this section shall not at any time exceed $6,000,000,000
in the aggregate principal amount outstanding.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘defense facility’’ does not include
a military installation.
(2) The term ‘‘major defense contract or sub-
contract’’ means—
(A) defense contracts in a total amount of
not less than $5,000,000 (without regard to the
date on which the contracts were awarded); or
(B) subcontracts in a total amount of not
less than $500,000 entered into in connection
with a defense contract (without regard to the
effective dates of the subcontracts).
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