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 110 STAT. 2466 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 SEC. 265. ELIMINATION OF REPORT ON THE USE OF COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. Section 2361 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out subsection (c). SEC. 266. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER OF DEFENSE TECH- NOLOGY INFORMATION TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY. (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to demonstrate online transfers of information on defense technologies to businesses in the private sector through an interactive data network involving Small Business Development Centers of institutions of higher education. (b) COMPUTERIZED DATA BASE OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES.— Contracts. (1) Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the head of an eligible institution of higher education that provides for such institution— (A) to develop and maintain a computerized data base of information on defense technologies; (B) to make such information available online to— (i) businesses; and (ii) other institutions of higher education entering into partnerships with the Secretary under subsection (c). (2) The online accessibility may be established by means of any of, or any combination of, the following: (A) Digital teleconferencing. (B) International Signal Digital Network lines. (C) Direct modem hookup. Contracts. (c) PARTNERSHIP NETWORK.— Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall seek to enter into agreements with the heads of several eligible institutions of higher education having strong business education programs to provide for the institutions of higher education entering into such agreements— (1) to establish interactive computer links with the data base developed and maintained under subsection (b); and (2) to assist the Secretary in making information on defense technologies available online to the broadest practicable number, types, and sizes of businesses. (d) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS. — For the purposes of this section, an institution of higher education is eligible to enter into an agreement under subsection (b) or (c) if the institution has a Small Business Development Center. (e) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES COVERED.—(1) The Secretary shall designate the technologies to be covered by the pilot program from among the existing and experimental technologies that the Secretary determines— (A) are useful in meeting Department of Defense needs; and (B) should be made available under the pilot program to facilitate the satisfaction of such needs by private sector sources. (2) Technologies covered by the program should include technologies useful for defense purposes that can also be used for nondefense purposes (with or without modification). (f) DEFINITIONS.— In this section:

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