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 106 STAT. 2300 PUBLIC LAW 102-476—OCT. 23, 1992 contribution in an amount equal to at least 25 percent of the cost of the program, and for a grant awarded under subsection (c)(2) will make an in-cash or in-kind contribution in an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant award; (4) establish and maintain a readily accessible inventory of the programs assisted under this Act; and (5) designate an officer of the National Science Foundation to serve as a liaison with associate-degree-granting institutions for the purpose of enhancing the role of such institutions in the activities of the Foundation. (g) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this section— (1) the term "advanced-technology" includes advanced technical activities such as the modernization, miniaturization, integration, and computerization of electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, laser, nuclear, chemical, telecommunication, fiber optic, robotic, and other technological applications to enhance productivity improvements in manufacturing, communication, transportation, commercial, and similar economic and national security activities; (2) the term "associate-degree-granting college" means an institution of higher education (as determined under section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a))) that— (A) is a nonprofit institution that offers a 2-year associate-degree program or a 2-year certificate program; or (B) is a proprietary institution that offers a 2-year associate-degree program; (3) the term "bachelor-degree-granting institution" means an institution of higher education (as determined under section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a))) that offers a baccalaureate degree program; (4) the term "eligible partnership" means one or more associate-degree-granting colleges in partne;"ship with one or more separate bachelor-degree-granting institutions; and (5) the term "local educational agency" has the meaning given such term in section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)). SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT. Section 3 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g) In carrying out subsection (a)(4), the Foundation is authorized to foster and support access by the research and education communities to computer networks which may be used substantially for purposes in addition to research and education in the sciences and engineering, if the additional uses will tend to increase the overgdl capabilities of the networks to support such research and education activities.".

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