Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, tit. VIII, subtit. C, sec. 838

IMPROVED NATIONAL DEFENSE CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGY DIVERSIONS OVERSEAS.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 420 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 838. IMPROVED NATIONAL DEFENSE CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGY DIVERSIONS OVERSEAS. (a) In General.—Subchapter V of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 4202(b) and amended by section 837, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2537. Improved national defense control of technology diversions overseas “(a) Collection of Information on Foreign-Controlled Contractors.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall each collect and maintain a data base containing a list of, and other pertinent information on, all contractors with the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, respectively, which are controlled by foreign persons. The data base shall contain information on such contractors for 1988 and thereafter in all cases where they are awarded contracts exceeding $100,000 in any single year by the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy. “(b) Annual Report to Congress.—The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Congress, by March 31 of each year, beginning in 1994, a report containing a summary and analysis of the information collected under subsection (a) for the year covered by the report. The report shall include an analysis of accumulated foreign ownership of United States firms engaged in the development of defense critical technologies. “(c) Technology Risk Assessment Requirement.—(1) If the Secretary of Defense is acting as a designee of the President under section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2170(a)) and if the Secretary determines that a proposed or pending merger, acquisition, or takeover may involve a firm engaged in the development of a defense critical technology or is otherwise important to the defense industrial and technology base, then the Secretary shall require the appropriate entity or entities from the list set forth in paragraph (2) to conduct an assessment of the risk of diversion of defense critical technology posed by such proposed or pending action. “(2) The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: “(A) The Defense Intelligence Agency. “(B) The Army Foreign Technology Science Center. “(C) The Naval Maritime Intelligence Center. 106 STAT. 2466 “(D) The Air Force Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center. “(d) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘defense critical technology’ has the meaning provided that term by section 2491(8) of this title.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2537. Improved national defense control of technology diversions overseas.”.