COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 214. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.(a) Funding From Other Federal Sources.—Section 7 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C. 2313; 102 Stat. 4022–4023) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by inserting “civil works” before “mission”; and (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: “(e) Funding From Other Federal Sources.—The Secretary may accept and expend additional funds from other Federal programs, including other Department of Defense programs, to carry out this section.” (b) PreAgreement Temporary Protection of Technology.—Section 7 of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 110 STAT. 3685 “(b) PreAgreement Temporary Protection of Technology.—“(1) In general.—If the Secretary determines that information developed as a result of research and development activities conducted by the Corps of Engineers is likely to be subject to a cooperative research and development agreement within 2 years of its development and that such information would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that would be privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative research and development agreement under section 12 of the StevensonWydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a), the Secretary may provide appropriate protection against the dissemination of such information, including exemption from subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, until the earlier of the date the Secretary enters into such an agreement with respect to such technology or the last day of the 2-year period beginning on the date of such determination. “(2) Treatment.—Any technology covered by this section that becomes the subject of a cooperative research and development agreement shall be accorded the protection provided under section 12(c)(7)(B) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(7)(B)) as if such technology had been developed under a cooperative research and development agreement.”; and (3) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated) by striking “(b)” and inserting “(c)”.