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 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2661 '^535. Defense Industrial Reserve.". (c) REFERENCE. — A reference in this title to chapter 148 shall be considered to be a reference to chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b). SEC. 4203. DEFINITIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Subchapter I of chapter 148, as established by section 4202, is amended by inserting after the table of sections the following: ' '§2491. Definitions "In this chapter: "(1) The term 'national technology and industrial base' means the persons and organizations that are engaged in research, development, production, or maintenance activities conducted within the United States and Canada. standards, processes, or acquisition practices, means products, services, standards, processes, or acquisition practices, respectively, that are capable of meeting requirements for military and nonmilitary application. "(3) The term 'dual-use critical technology' means a critical technology that has military applications and nonmilitary applications. "(4) The term 'technology and industrial base sector' means a group of public or private persons and organizations that engage in, or are capable of engaging in, similar research, development, or production activities. "(5) The terms 'Federal laboratorjr' and laboratory* have the meaning given the term laboratorjr' in section 12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)). "(6) The term 'critical technology means a technology that is— "(A) a national critical technology; or "(B) a defense critical technology. "(7) The term 'national critical technology means a technology that appears on the list of national critical technologies contained in the most recent biennial report on national critical technologies submitted to Congress by the President pursuant to section 603(d) of the National Science and Technolo^ Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6683(d)). " (8) The term 'defense critical technology' means a technology that appears on the list of critical technologies contained, pursuant to subsection (0 of section 2505 of this title, in the most recent national technology and industrial base assessment submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 2506(e) of this title. "(9) The term 'eligible firm' means a company or other business entity that, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce— "(A) conducts a significant level of its research, development, engineering, and manufacturing activities in the United States; and "(B) is a company or other business entity the mcgority ownership or control of which is by United States citizens
 * (2) The term 'dual-use' with respect to products, services,

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