Pub. L. 116-136, div. B, tit. II, sec. 12001 (as amended)

SEC. 12001. Amounts provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, (Public Law 116-93) for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the heading “National Institute of Standards and Technology—Industrial Technology Services” shall not be subject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2): Provided, That the authority made available pursuant to this section shall be elective for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center that also receives funding from a State that is conditioned upon the application of a Federal cost sharing requirement.