FUNDING FOR FACILITY FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL; FUNDING FOR MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH

SEC. 255. FUNDING FOR FACILITY FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL; FUNDING FOR MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH (a) Funding.—(1) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 201 for fiscal year 1990, 518,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense as a contribution toward the construction of a facility as part of a complex to enable collaborative research and training for Department of Defense military medical personnel in the following fields: (A) Trauma care. (B) Head, neck, and spinal injury. (C) Paralysis. (D) Neurosciences and neurodegenerative diseases. (2) Such a contribution may be made only for a facility that will— (A) support education, training, treatment, and rehabilitative services related to the fields described in paragraph (1); and (B) support neuroscience research with relevance for the medical mission of the Department of Defense. (3) Such a contribution may be made only for a facility to be located at an institutional setting that— (A) has received national recognition for its work in the fields listed in paragraph (1); and 103 STAT. 1407 (B) can best facilitate interagency collaborative research, education, and training activities. (4) The amount of a contribution under paragraph (1) may not exceed 33 percent of the total cost of such complex. (b) Microelectronics Research.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201 for fiscal year 1990, not more than 515,000,000 may be made available for a program of research in advanced microelectronics, optoelectronics, and materials. None of such funds may be obligated before July 1, 1990. Any contract awarded under such program shall be awarded using competitive procedures to the maximum extent feasible.