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 105 STAT. 1414 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 "(4) Enhancing the industrial competitiveness of the United States. "(5) Promoting the development of technologies identified as critical under section 2522 of this title. "(6) Increasing the development and promotion of efficient and effective applications of dual-use technologies. "(7) Providing efficient and effective technologies for achieving such environmental benefits as improved environmental data gathering, environmental cleanup and restoration, pollution reduction in manufacturing, environmental conservation, and environmentally safe management of facilities. "(h) MAJOR CONTRACTORS. —A contractor shall be considered to be a major contractor for the purposes of subsection (c) for any fiscal year if for the preceding fiscal year the contractor's covered segments allocated to Department of Defense contracts a total of more than $10,000,000 in independent research and development and bid and proposal costs. "(i) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) COVERED CONTRACT.— The term 'covered contract' has the meaning given that term in section 2324(m) of this title. "(2) COVERED SEGMENT.— The term 'covered segment', with respect to a contractor, means a product division of the contractor that Eillocated more than $1,000,000 in independent research and development and bid and proposal costs to Department of Defense contracts during the preceding fiscal year. In the case of a contractor that has no product divisions, such term means the contractor as a whole.". (2) The item relating to section 2372 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended to read as follows: "2372. Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs: payments to contractors.". 10 USC 2372 (b) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ^°^^- prescribe proposed regulations to implement the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) not later than April 1, 1992, and shall prescribe final regulations for that purpose not later than June 1, 1992. 10 USC 2372 (c) OTA STUDY.— The Director of the Office of Technology Assess- "ot^ ment shall conduct a study to determine the effect of the regulations prescribed under section 2372 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), on the achievement of the policy stated in subsection (g) of that section. Not later than December 1, 1995, the Director shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study. (d) INTEGRATED FINANCING POLICY. —Section 2330 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end of subsection (a)(2) the following: "(D) Policies relating to reimbursement of independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.'. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1992, and shall apply to independent research and development and bid and proposal costs incurred by a contractor during fiscal years of that contractor that begin on or after that date. SEC. 803. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS. (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT. —(1) Section 2352 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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