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PUBLIC L A W 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

"(E) The procurement is for an amount less than $25,000 and simplified small purchase procedures are being used. "(F) The restriction would result in the existence of only one United States or Canadian source for the item. "(4) The provisions of this section may be renewed with respect to any item by the Secretary of Defense at the end of fiscal year 1991 for an additional two fiscal years if the Secretary determines that a continued restriction on that item is in the national security interest.". Arms and munitions.

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SEC. 823. CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PLAN

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 2368. Critical technologies plan "(a) ANNUAL PLAN.—(1) Not later than March 15 of each year, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for developing the 20 technologies considered by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy to be the technologies most essential to develop in order to ensure the longterm qualitative superiority of United States weapon systems. "(2) In selecting the technologies to be included in the plan, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall consider both product technologies and process technologies. "(3) Such plan shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. "(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—Each plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each technology included in the plan, the following matters: "(1) The reasons for selecting such technology. "(2) The milestone goals for the development of such technology. "(3) The amounts contained in the budgets of the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other departments and agencies for the support of the development of such technology for the fiscal year beginning in the year in which the plan is submitted. "(4) A comparison of the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union in the development of such technology. "(5) The potential contributions that the allies of the United States can make to meet the needs of the alliance for such technology. "(6) With respect to the development of such technology, a comparison of the relative positions of the United States and other industrialized countries that are prominent in the development of such technology and the extent to which the United States should depend on other countries for the development of such technology. "(7) The potential contributions that the private sector can be expected to make from its own resources in connection with development of civilian applications for such technology.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2368. Critical technologies plan.".

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