REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SEC. 4323. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) Transfer and Redesignation of Section.—Section 2524 of title 10, United States Code (relating to critical technology application centers) is transferred to subchapter III of chapter 148, inserted after section 2612 (as added by section 4222), and redesignated as section 2513. (b) Terminology Change.— (1) Such section (as so transferred and redesignated) is amended— (A) by striking out “regional critical technology application centers” in subsection (a) and inserting in Lieu thereof “regional technology alliances”; (B) by striking out “regional critical technology application center” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “regional technology alliance”; and (C) by striking out “critical technology application center” and “center” each time such terms appear and inserting in lieu thereof “regional technology alliance”. (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 2513. Regional technology alliances assistance program”. (c) Program Objectives.—Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking out “provide” and inserting in lieu thereof “further the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title by providing”. (d) Programs Participants.—Subsection (c)(2)(B) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new clause; “(iii) an institution of higher education designated by a State or local government”. (e) Maximum Assistance.— (1) Subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section is amended by striking out “30 percent” and inserting in lieu thereof “50 percent”. (2) Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended by striking out “70 percent” and inserting in lieu thereof “50 percent”. (f) Amendment to Cross Reference.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended by striking out “2523” and inserting in lieu thereof “2511”. (g) Funding.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense Agencies, $100,000,000 shall be available for defense regional technology alliances under section 2513 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a).