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 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1429 "(iii) A membership organization in which a State or local government is a member. "(d) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— (1) Under the program, the Secretary may provide— "(A) financial assistance for the activities of a critical technology application center (including, in the case of a proposed center, the establishment of such center) in any amount not in excess of 30 percent of the cost of conducting such activities (including the cost of establishing a proposed center) during the period covered by the financial Eissistance; and "(B) technical assistance for the activities (and, in the case of a proposed center, the establishment) of a center awarded financial assistance authorized by subparagraph (A). "(2) The Secretary may not provide financial assistance under the program for construction of facilities. "(3) The Secretary may furnish assistance to a critical technology application center under the program for not more than six years. (e) FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF CENTER PARTICIPANTS. —(1) The sponsoring agency of a critical technology application center and the eligible firms participating in the center shall pay at least 70 percent of the total cost incurred each year for the activities of the center. Funds contributed for the activities of the center by institutions of higher education or private, nonprofit organizations participating in the center shall be considered as funds contributed by the sponsoring agency. "(2) If the right to use or license the results of any research and development activity of a center is limited by participants in the center to one or more, but less than one-half, of the eligible firms participating in the center, the non-Federal Government participants in the center shall pay the total cost incurred for such activity. "(f) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— A critical technology application center shall operate under a management plan that includes provisions for the eligible firms participating in the center to have the primary responsibility for directing the activities of the center and to exercise that responsibility through, among any other means, majority voting membership of such firms on the board of directors of the center. "(g) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall prescribe Regulations, regulations that, to the extent practicable, apply the same requirements and authorities in the administration of this section as apply under subsections (d) and (e) of section 2523 of this title in the case of the dual-use critical technologies partnerships program provided for in that section. "(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The criteria for selection of a center to receive financial assistance under this section shall include the following: "(1) The potential for the activities of the center to result in— "(A) increased availability of technology for the enhancement of national security; and "(B) the emergence in such region of new firms that are capable of applying dual-use critical technologies. "(2) The potential for the center to be able to apply critical technology research and development supported or conducted by Federal laboratories and institutions of higher education in the advancement of national security interests of the United States.

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