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‘‘SEC. 28. FEDERAL ACCELERATION OF STATE TECH-
NOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a Federal Acceleration of State Technology 
Commercialization Pilot Program or FAST Com-
mercialization Pilot Program to award grants to 
States, or consortia thereof, for the purposes de-
scribed in paragraph (2). Awards under this section 
shall be made through a competitive, merit-based 
process. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program 
under this section is to advance United States pro-
ductivity and global competitiveness by accelerating 
commercialization 
of 
innovative 
technology 
by 
leveraging Federal support for State commercializa-
tion efforts. The program shall provide matching 
funds to a State, or consortium thereof, for the ac-
celeration of commercialization activities and the 
promotion of small manufacturing enterprises in the 
United States. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Applications for awards under 
this section shall be submitted in such a manner, at such 
a time, and containing such information as the Secretary 
shall require, including— 
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‘‘(1) a description of the current state of tech-
nology commercialization in the State or States, in-
cluding successes and barriers to commercialization; 
and 
‘‘(2) a description of the State’s or consortium’s 
plan for increasing commercialization of new tech-
nologies, products, processes, and services. 
‘‘(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish criteria for the selection of awardees, which shall 
consider at a minimum a review of efforts during the fiscal 
year prior to submitting an application to— 
‘‘(1) promote manufacturing; and 
‘‘(2) commercialize new technologies, products, 
processes, and services, including activities to trans-
late federally funded research and technologies to 
small manufacturing enterprises. 
‘‘(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A State or consor-
tium receiving a grant under this section shall provide 
non-Federal cash contributions in an amount equal to 50 
percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant 
is provided. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION
AND
NONDUPLICATION.—In 
carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall ensure that grants made under the program are co-
ordinated with, and do not duplicate, the efforts of other 
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commercialization programs within the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of the America Com-
petes Reauthorization Act of 2015, the Secretary 
shall enter into a contract with an independent enti-
ty, such as the National Academy of Sciences, to 
conduct an evaluation of the program established 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation shall— 
‘‘(A) assess whether the program is achiev-
ing its goals; 
‘‘(B) include any recommendations for how 
the program may be improved; and 
‘‘(C) include a recommendation as to 
whether the program should be continued or 
terminated. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘State’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3 of the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3122); 
and 
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