DEFENSE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS.

SEC. 4232. DEFENSE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. (a) Transfer and Redesignation of Section.—Section 2518 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to chapter 148, inserted after section 2521 (as added by section 4231), and redesignated as section 2522. (b) Program Amendments.— Section 2522 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “, in order to further the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title,” after “The Secretary of Defense may”; and (B) by inserting “military and dual-use” after “broad range of”; (2) in subsection (c), by striking out “section 2523” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 2511”; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “section 2523(f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 2511(f)”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) Such other criteria as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Council.”; and (4) by striking out subsection (e). (c) Funding.—Or the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense Agencies, $25,000,000 shall be available for defense advanced manufacturing technology partnerships under section 2522 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a).