10 USC 2525: Manufacturing science and technology program
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10 USC 2525: Manufacturing science and technology program Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 148-NATIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, DEFENSE REINVESTMENT, AND DEFENSE CONVERSIONSUBCHAPTER IV-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND DUAL-USE ASSISTANCE EXTENSION PROGRAMS
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§2525. Manufacturing science and technology program

(a) Establishment.-The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Manufacturing Science and Technology Program to further the national security objectives of section 2501(a) of this title. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology shall administer the program.

(b) Purpose.-The purpose of the program is to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of the Department of Defense.

(c) Execution.-The Secretary may carry out projects under the program through the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the Defense Agencies.

(d) Competition and Cost Sharing.-(1) Competitive procedures shall be used for awarding all grants and entering into all contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions under the program.

(2) A grant may not be awarded under the program, and a contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction may not be entered into under the program, on any basis other than a cost-sharing basis unless the Secretary of Defense determines that the grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction, as the case may be, is for a program that-

(A) is not likely to have any immediate and direct commercial application; or

(B) is of sufficiently high risk to discourage cost sharing by non-Federal Government sources.

(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, §801(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1700 ; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title II, §256(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2704 .)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2525 was renumbered section 2517 of this title.

A prior section 2526 was renumbered section 2518 of this title.

Amendments

1994-Pub. L. 103–337 substituted "Manufacturing science and technology program" for "Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology Program" as section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary of Defense shall establish an Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology program to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of the Department of Defense."