ADVANCED APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION FACILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 254. ADVANCED APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION FACILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY. (a) Authority To Make Grant.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1992 for the Defense Agencies, $20,000,000 shall be available for a grant to a nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education to establish an advanced applied technology demonstration facility for environmental technology. Such grant shall be awarded through the use of competitive procedures. (b) Qualifications.—A grant under subsection (a) may be awarded only to an organization or institution that— (1) has nationally recognized expertise in environmental technology and business administration; and (2) proposes a clear plan (as determined by the Secretap' of Defense) showing how its management of such a facility will be usable by the Department of Defense in resolving environmental cleanup problems of the Department. (c) Cost Sharing.—In evaluating proposals for a grant under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consider as favorable evaluation factors for the award of the grant provisions of such a proposal under which the organization or institution submitting the proposal— (1) proposes that, if awarded the grant, it will agree to have available all equipment necessary to conduct environmental cleanup demonstration projects at the facility; and (2) demonstrates that it has, or upon receipt of the grant will obtain, secure sources of funding such that— (A) the Federal share of the administrative costs of the facility established with the grant will not exceed one-half of the total administrative costs of the facility for the first two years of the operation of the facility; and (B) no Department of Defense assistance for the operation of the facility will be required after the first three years of the operation of the facility.