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 107 STAT. 1810 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 Manufacturing Technolo^ program of the Navy, and that portion of the Technology Base program of the Navy, that are in the areas of shipbuilding technologies and ship repair technologies. 10 USC 2501 SEC. 1853. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT note. THROUGH ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY. The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense as the V. lead agency of the Department of Defense for activities of the Department of Defense which are part of the National Shipbuilding Initiative program. Those activities shall be carried out as part of defense conversion activities of the Department of Defense. 10 USC 2501 SEC. 1354. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FUNCTIONS note AND MINIMUM FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF NON-FED - ERAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS. (a) ARPA FUNCTIONS.— The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, shall cany out the following functions with respect to the National Shipbuilding Initiative program: (1) Consultation with the Maritime Administration, the OfiEice of Economic Adjustment, the National Economic Council, the National Shipbuilding Research Project, the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, appropriate naval commands and activities, and other appropriate Federal agencies on— (A) development and transfer to the private sector of dual-use shipbuilding technologies, ship repair techi 11 nologies, and shipbuilding management technologies; (B) assessments of potential markets for maritime products; and (C) recommendation of industrial entities, partnerships, joint ventures, or consortia for short- and long-term manufacturing technology investment strate^es. (2) Funding and program management activities to develop innovative design ana production processes and the technologies required to implement those processes. (3) Facilitation of industry and Government technology development and technology transfer activities (including education and training, market assessments, simulations, hardware models and prototypes, and national and regional industrial base studies). (4) Integration of promising technology advances made in the Technology Reinvestment Program of the Advanced Research Projects Agency into the National Shipbuilding Initiative to effect full defense conversion potential. (b) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OP NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS. — (1) MAXIMUM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SHARE.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the amount of funds provided by the Secretary to a non-Federal government participant does not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of technology development and technology transfer activities. (2) REGULATIONS.— The Secretary may prescribe regulations to provide for consideration of in-ldnd contributions by non-Federal Government participants in a partnership for the purpose of calculating the share of the partnership costs that

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