ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS.

SEC. 823. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. (a) Authority To Establish Partnerships.— (1) Chapter 149 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2518. Defense Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships “(a) Establishment of Partnerships.—The Secretary of Defense may enter into cooperative arrangements (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘partnerships’) with entities referred to in subsection (b) in order to encourage and provide for research and development of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of applications. “(b) Non-Department of Defense Participants.—In the case of each partnership, the entities with which the Secretary enters into the partnership shall include two or more eligible firms or a nonprofit research corporation established by two or more eligible firms and may also include, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense, a Federal laboratory or laboratories, institutions of higher 105 STAT. 1436education, agencies of State governments, and other entities that participate in the partnership by supporting the activities conducted by such firms or corporations under this section. A partnership may include other organizations considered appropriate by the Secretary of Defense. “(c) Administration of Program.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that, to the extent practicable, apply the same requirements and authorities in the administration of this section as apply under subsections (c) through (e) of section 2523 of this title in the case of the dual-use critical technologies partnerships program provided for in that section. “(d) Selection Criteria.—The criteria for the selection of proposed partnerships for establishment under this section shall include the following criteria: “(1) The criteria specified in section 2523(f) of this title. “(2) The extent to which the partnerships provide for the development of advanced manufacturing technologies usable for significantly reducing the potential health, safety, and environmental hazards associated with existing manufacturing processes. “(e) Definitions.—In this section, the terms ‘eligible firm’ and ‘Federal laboratory’ have the meanings given such terms in section 2521 of this title.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2518. Defense Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships.”. (b) Establishment of Initial Partnerships.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish not less than two advanced manufacturing technology partnerships pursuant to section 2518 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Funding.— (1) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 203(a)(4)(B), $25,000,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years 1992 and 1993 to carry out section 2518 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201, $5,000,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for activities relating to advanced manufacturing technology that are carried out by United States industry, institutions of higher education in the United States, or Federal laboratories under the authority of bilateral or multilateral technology agreements entered into by the United States and other nations. The amount of such funds allocated for each such activity may not exceed one-third of the total estimated cost of carrying out that activity for the period for which the funds are to be provided.