REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITION FOR AWARD OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

SEC. 220. REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITION FOR AWARD OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (a) Requirement of Competition.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2360 the following new section: 102 STAT. 1941 “§ 2361. Award of grants and contracts to colleges and universities: requirement of competition “(a) The Secretary of Defense may not make a grant or award a contract to a college or university for the performance of research and development, or for the construction of any research or other facility, unless the grant or contract is made or awarded using competitive procedures. “(b) A provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment of this section may not be construed as modifying or superseding the provisions of subsection (a) unless that provision of law specifically refers to this section and specifically states that such provision of law modifies or supersedes the provisions of this section.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2360 the following new item: “2361. Award of grants and contracts to colleges and universities: requirement of competition.”. (c) Effective Date.—The limitation specified in section 2361(a) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), on the authority of the Secretary of Defense to make grants and award contracts shall take effect on October 1, 1989.