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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1701 ''§2525. Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology Program The Secretary of Defense shall establish an Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology program to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of the Department of Defense.'". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter IV of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: '^525. Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology Program.". (b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 201(d), $112,500,000 shall be available for the Industrial Preparedness Manufacturing Technology Program under section 2525 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). SEC. 802. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE SUPPORT PROGRAM. 10 USC 2358 (a) ESTABLISHMEN1\—The Secretary of Defense, through the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, shall establish a University Research Initiative Support Program. (b) PURPOSE.—Under the program, the Director shall award grants and contracts to eligible institutions of higher education to support the conduct of research and development relevant to reqmrements of the Department of Defense. (c) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher education is eligible for a grant or contract under the program if the institution has received less than a total of $2,000,000 in grants and contracts from the Department of Defense in the two fiscal years before the fiscal year in which the institution submits a proposal for such grant or contract. (d) COMPETITION REQUIRED.— The Director shall use competitive procedures in awarding grants and contracts under the program. (e) SELECTION PR(X3ESS. — In awarding grants and contracts under the program, the Director shall use a merit-based selection process that is consistent with the provisions of section 2361(a) of title 10, United States Code. Such selection process shall require that each person selected to participate in such a merit-based selection process be a member of the faculty or staff of an institution of higher education that is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges or the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. (f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall prescribe regulations for carrying out the program. (g) FINDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 201, $20,000,000 shall be available for the University Research Initiative Support Program. SEC. 803. OPERATING COMMITTEE OF THE CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE. Section 822(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (42 U.S.C. 6686(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c) OPERATING COMMITTEE. —(1) The Institute shall have an Operating Committee composed of six members as follows: ^A) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policv, who shall chair the committee. (B) The Director of the National Institutes of Health.

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