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(2) The programs and activities authorized by this title
and the amendments made by this title.
SEC. 1303. REPORTS ON DEFENSE CONVERSION, REINVESTMENT, AND
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—During each of the fiscal years 1994,
1995, and 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall prepare a report
that assesses the effectiveness of all defense conversion, reinvest-
ment, and transition assistance programs (as defined in section
1302) during the preceding fiscal year.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—To the maximum extent practicable,
each report required under subsection (a) shall include an assess-
ment of each of the following:
(1) The status of the obligation of appropriated funds for
each defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assist-
ance program.
(2) With respect to each component of the dual-use partner-
ship program element specified in paragraphs (1) through (10)
of section 1311(b)—
(A) the extent to which the component meets the objec-
tives set forth in section 2501 of title 10, United States
Code;
(B) the technology benefits of the component to the
national technology and industrial base;
(C) any evidence of commercialization of technologies
developed under the component;
(D) the extent to which the investments under the
component have affected levels of employment;
(E) the number of defense firms participating in
cooperative agreements or other arrangements under the
component;
(F) the extent to which matching fund requirements
of the component were met by cash contributions by the
non-Federal Government participants;
(G) the extent to which defense technology reinvest-
ment projects under the component have met milestones
and financial and technical requirements;
(H) the extent to which the component is integrated
with technology programs conducted by other Federal agen-
cies; and
(I) the number of proposals under the component that
were received from small business concerns and the number
of awards made to small business concerns.
(3) With respect to each personnel assistance program con-
ducted under subtitle C of this title, title XLIV of the Defense
Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of
1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2701), and
the amendments made by that subtitle or title—
(A) the extent to which the program meets the objec-
tives set forth in section 2501(b) of title 10, United States
Code;
(B) the number of individuals eligible for transition
assistance under the program;
(C) the number of individuals directly receiving transi-
tion assistance under the program and the projected num-
ber of individuals who will directly receive transition assist-
ance;
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(D) in the case of a job training program, an estimate
of the number of individuals who have secured permanent
employment as a result of participation in the program;
and
(E) the extent to which the transition assistance activi-
ties under the program duplicated other transition assist-
ance provided or administered outside the Department of
Defense.
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report required under sub-
section (a) for a particular fiscal year shall be submitted to Congress
at the same time that the Secretary of Defense submits the annual
report required under section 113(c) of title 10, United States Code,
for that fiscal year.
Subtitle A—Defense Technology and Indus-
trial Base, Defense Reinvestment, and
Defense Conversion
SEC. 1311. FUNDING OF DEFENSE DUAL-USE PARTNERSHIPS PRO-
GRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.
(a) FUNDS AVAILABLE.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under section 201 for Defense-wide activities and specified
in section 1302(b) as a source of funds for defense conversion,
reinvestment, and transition assistance programs, $624,000,000
shall be available for activities described in the dual-use partner-
ships program element of the budget of the Department of Defense
for fiscal year 1994.
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The funds made available under
subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $250,000,000 shall be available for defense dual-use
critical technology partnerships under section 2511 of title 10,
United States Code.
(2) $75,000,000 shall be available for commercial-military
integration partnerships under section 2512 of such title.
(3) $75,000,000 shall be available for defense regional tech-
nology alliances under section 2513 of such title.
(4) $50,000,000 shall be available for defense advanced
manufacturing technology partnerships under section 2522 of
such title.
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for support of manufac-
turing extension programs under section 2523 of such title;
(6) $30,000,000 shall be available for the defense dual-
use extension program under section 2524 of such title, of
which—
(A) not more than $15,000,000 shall be available for
assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of such section;
and
(B) not more than $15,000,000 shall be available for
loan guarantees pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of such sec-
tion.
(7) $24,000,000 shall be available for defense manufactur-
ing engineering education grants under section 2196 of such
title.
(8) $10,000,000 shall be available for grants under section
2198 of such title to United States institutions of higher edu-
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cation and other United States not-for-profit organizations to
support the management training program in Japanese lan-
guage and culture.
(9) $30,000,000 shall be available for the advanced mate-
rials synthesis and processing partnership program.
(10) $50,000,000 shall be available for the agile manufac-
turing/enterprise integration program.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993 PROJECTS.—
Funds made available under subsection (a) may also be used to
make awards to projects of the types described in subsection (b)
that were solicited in fiscal year 1993.
SEC. 1312. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, REINVEST-
MENT, AND CONVERSION PLANNING.
(a) ABOLISHMENT OF DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT CEN-
TER.—(1) Section 2504 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II
of chapter 148 of such title is amended by striking out the item
relating to section 2504.
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
AND INDUSTRIAL BASE
COUNCIL.—Section 2502 of such title is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not-
withstanding subsection (c), the President may assign the respon-
sibilities of the Council to another interagency organization of the
Executive branch that includes among its members the officials
specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 1313. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE POLICY CONCERNING DEFENSE
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, REINVESTMENT,
AND CONVERSION.
Section 2501(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Furthering the missions of the Department of Defense
through the support of policy objectives and programs relating
to the defense reinvestment, diversification, and conversion
objectives specified in subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 1314. EXPANSION OF BUSINESSES ELIGIBLE FOR LOAN GUARAN-
TEES UNDER THE DEFENSE DUAL-USE ASSISTANCE
EXTENSION PROGRAM.
Section 2524 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking out ‘‘small businesses’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘small business concerns and
medium-sized business concerns’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the ‘medium-sized business
concern’ means a business concern that is not more than two
times the maximum size specified by the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration for purposes of determining whether
a business concern furnishing a product or service is a small busi-
ness concern.’’.
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SEC. 1315. CONSISTENCY IN FINANCIAL COMMITMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS OF NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS
IN TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECTS.
(a) DEFENSE
DUAL-USE
CRITICAL
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNER-
SHIPS.—Section 2511(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(c) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
OF NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the
amount of funds provided by the Federal Government to a partner-
ship does not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of partnership
activities.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to provide for
consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Federal Government
participants in a partnership for the purpose of calculating the
share of the partnership costs that has been or is being undertaken
by such participants. In such regulations, the Secretary may author-
ize a participant that is a small business concern to use funds
received under the Small Business Innovation Research Program
or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program to help pay
the costs of partnership activities. Any such funds so used may
be considered in calculating the amount of the financial commitment
undertaken by the non-Federal Government participants unless
the Secretary determines that the small business concern has not
made a significant equity percentage contribution in the partnership
from non-Federal sources.’’.
(b) COMMERCIAL-MILITARY INTEGRATION PARTNERSHIPS.—Sec-
tion 2512(c)(3) of such title is amended by striking out subparagraph
(B) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) In such regulations, the Secretary may authorize a partici-
pant that is a small business concern to use funds received under
the Small Business Innovation Research Program or the Small
Business Technology Transfer Program to help pay the costs of
partnership activities. Any such funds so used may be considered
in calculating the amount of the financial commitment undertaken
by the non-Federal Government participants unless the Secretary
determines that the small business concern has not made a signifi-
cant equity percentage contribution in the partnership from non-
Federal sources.’’.
(c) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—
Section 2513(e) of such title is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to provide for
consideration of in-kind contributions by non-Federal Government
participants in a regional technology alliance for the purpose of
calculating the share of the costs that has been or is being under-
taken by such participants. In such regulations, the Secretary may
authorize a participant that is a small business concern to use
funds received under the Small Business Innovation Research Pro-
gram or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program to help
pay the costs of a regional technology alliance. Any such funds
so used may be considered in calculating the amount of the financial
commitment undertaken by the non-Federal Government partici-
pants unless the Secretary determines that the small business
concern has not made a significant equity percentage contribution
in the regional technology alliance from non-Federal sources.’’.
(d) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PROGRAMS.—Section 2523(b)(3)
of such title is amended—
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