ing given the term ‘‘small business concern’’ in sec-
tion 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(a)), including a small manufacturing concern. 
(5) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary for Tech-
nology of the Department of Commerce. 
(b) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall 
award grants to eligible entities to establish up to 5 
Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software 
Centers throughout the United States. 
(2) PURPOSES.—Each Center established with 
grant funds awarded under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) conduct general outreach to small busi-
nesses and manufacturers in all industry sec-
tors within the geographic region assigned to 
the Center by the Under Secretary; and 
(B) conduct technology transfer, develop-
ment, and utilization programs for businesses 
throughout the United States in the specific in-
dustry sector assigned to the Center by the 
Under Secretary. 
(3) APPLICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity de-
siring a grant under this subsection shall sub-
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mit an application to the Under Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
such additional information as the Under Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
(B) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REG-
ISTER.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 
shall publish the application requirements re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) in the Federal 
Register. 
(C) CONTENTS.—Each application sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) conform to the requirements pre-
scribed by the Under Secretary under this 
paragraph; and 
(ii) contain a proposal for the alloca-
tion of the legal rights associated with any 
invention that may result from the activi-
ties of the proposed Center. 
(D) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In evaluating 
each application submitted under subparagraph 
(A) on the basis of merit, the Under Secretary 
shall consider— 
(i) the extent to which the eligible en-
tity— 
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(I) has a partnership with non-
profit organizations, businesses, soft-
ware vendors, and academia recog-
nized for relevant expertise in its se-
lected industry sector; 
(II) uses State-funded academic 
supercomputing centers and univer-
sities or colleges with expertise in the 
computational needs of the industry 
assigned to the eligible entity under 
paragraph (2)(B); 
(III) has a history of working 
with small businesses and manufac-
turers; 
(IV) has experience providing 
educational programs aimed at help-
ing organizations adopt the use of 
high-performance computing and com-
putational science; 
(V) has partnerships with edu-
cation or training organizations that 
can help educate future workers on 
the 
application 
of 
computational 
science to industry needs; 
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(VI) is accessible to businesses, 
academia, incubators, or other eco-
nomic development organizations via 
high-speed networks; and 
(VII) is capable of partnering 
with small businesses and manufac-
turers to enhance the ability of such 
entities to compete in the global mar-
ketplace; 
(ii) the ability of the eligible entity to 
enter successfully into collaborative agree-
ments with small businesses and manufac-
turers to experiment with new high per-
formance computing and computational 
science technologies; and 
(iii) such other factors as the Under 
Secretary considers relevant. 
(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Under Secretary 
may not award a grant under this subsection in an 
amount which exceeds $5,000,000 for any year of 
the grant period. 
(5) DURATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided 
under subparagraph (B), a grant may not be 
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awarded under this subsection for a period ex-
ceeding 5 years. 
(B) RENEWAL.—The Under Secretary may 
renew any grant awarded under this subsection. 
(6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 
may not award a grant under this subsection 
unless the eligible entity receiving such grant 
agrees to provide not less than 50 percent of 
the capital and annual operating and mainte-
nance funds required to create and maintain 
the Center established with such grant funds. 
(B) FUNDING
FROM
OTHER
FEDERAL, 
STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.— 
The funds provided by the eligible entity under 
subparagraph (A) may include amounts re-
ceived by the eligible entity from the Federal 
Government (other than the Department of 
Commerce), a State, or a unit of local govern-
ment. 
(7) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—The Under Secretary may establish a rea-
sonable limitation on the portion of each grant 
awarded under this subsection that may be used for 
administrative expenses or other overhead costs. 
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(8) 
FEES
AND
ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING 
SOURCES AUTHORIZED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A Center established 
with a grant awarded under this subsection 
may, in accordance with regulations established 
by the Under Secretary— 
(i) collect a nominal fee from a small 
business or manufacturer for a service pro-
vided under this section, if such fee is uti-
lized for the budget and operation of the 
Center; and 
(ii) accept financial assistance from 
the Federal Government (other than the 
Department of Commerce) for capital costs 
and operating budget expenses. 
(B) CONDITION.—Any Center receiving fi-
nancial assistance from the Federal Govern-
ment (other than the Department of Com-
merce) may be selected, and if selected shall be 
operated, in accordance with this section. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds received under 
subsection (b) shall be used for the benefit of businesses 
in the industry sector designated by the Under Secretary 
under subsection (b)(2)(B) to— 
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(1) create a repository of nonclassified, non-
proprietary new and existing federally funded soft-
ware and algorithms; 
(2) test and validate software in the repository; 
(3) determine when and how the industry sector 
it serves could benefit from resources in the reposi-
tory; 
(4) work with software vendors to commer-
cialize repository software and algorithms from the 
repository; 
(5) make software available to small businesses 
and manufacturers where it has not been commer-
cialized by a software vendor; 
(6) help software vendors, small businesses, and 
manufacturers test or utilize the software on high- 
performance computing systems; and 
(7) maintain a research and outreach team that 
will work with small businesses and manufacturers 
to aid in the identification of software or computa-
tional science techniques which can be used to solve 
challenging problems, or meet contemporary busi-
ness needs of such organizations. 
(d) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each eligible entity that 
receives a grant under subsection (b) shall submit an 
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annual report to the Under Secretary that de-
scribes— 
(A) the goals of the Center established by 
the eligible entity; and 
(B) the progress made by the eligible enti-
ty in achieving the purposes described in sub-
section (b)(2). 
(2) EVALUATION.—The Under Secretary shall 
establish a peer review committee, composed of rep-
resentatives from industry and academia, to review 
the goals and progress made by each Center during 
the grant period. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
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