§2522. Defense Advanced Manufacturing Technology Partnerships

(a) Establishment of Partnerships.-The Secretary of Defense may, in order to further the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title, enter into cooperative arrangements (hereinafter in this section referred to as "partnerships") with entities referred to in subsection (b) in order to encourage and provide for research and development of advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential for having a broad range of military and dual-use applications.

(b) Non-Department of Defense Participants.-In the case of each partnership, the entities with which the Secretary enters into the partnership shall include two or more eligible firms or a nonprofit research corporation established by two or more eligible firms and may also include, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense, a Federal laboratory or laboratories, institutions of higher education, agencies of State governments, and other entities that participate in the partnership by supporting the activities conducted by such firms or corporations under this section. A partnership may include other organizations considered appropriate by the Secretary of Defense.

(c) Administration of Program.-The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that, to the extent practicable, apply the same requirements and authorities in the administration of this section as apply under subsections (c) through (e) of section 2511 of this title in the case of the dual-use critical technologies partnerships program provided for in that section.

(d) Selection Criteria.-The criteria for the selection of proposed partnerships for establishment under this section shall include the following criteria:

(1) The criteria specified in section 2511(f) of this title.

(2) The extent to which the partnerships provide for the development of advanced manufacturing technologies usable for significantly reducing the potential health, safety, and environmental hazards associated with existing manufacturing processes.

(3) Such other criteria as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Council.

(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, §823(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1435 , §2518; renumbered §2522 and amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLII, §4232(a), (b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2687 .)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2522, added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, §841(b)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1512 , §2508; amended Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VIII, §821(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1597 ; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, §701(g)(3), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 115 ; renumbered §2522, Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, §821(b)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1431 , required an annual defense critical technologies plan, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–484, §4202(a).

Amendments

1992-Pub. L. 102–484, §4232(a), renumbered section 2518 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–484, §4232(b)(1), inserted ", in order to further the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title," after "Defense may" and "military and dual-use" after "broad range of".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–484, §4232(b)(2), substituted "2511" for "2523".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–484, §4232(b)(3), substituted "2511(f)" for "2523(f)" in par. (1) and added par. (3).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–484, §4232(b)(4), struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Definitions.-In this section, the terms 'eligible firm' and 'Federal laboratory' have the meanings given such terms in section 2521 of this title."

Establishment of Initial Partnerships

Section 823(b) of Pub. L. 102–190 directed Secretary of Defense to establish not less than two advanced manufacturing technology partnerships under section 2518 [now 2522] of this title not later than one year after Oct. 23, 1992.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 15 section 638; title 22 section 3142.