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 116 STAT. 2502 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 SEC. 247. ACTIVITIES OF THE DEFENSE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH. Subsection (c) of section 257 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "research grants" and inserting "grants for research and instrumentation to support such research"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) Any other activities that are determined necessary to further the achievement of the objectives of the program.". SEC. 248. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF DARPA TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF MILITARY DEPART- MENTS AND DEFENSE AGENCIES TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING EDUCATION. (a) EXTENSION. — Section 2374a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2003" and inserting "September 30, 2007". Deadline. (b) REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM. —(1) Not later than December 31, 2002, the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the proposal of the Director for the administration of the program to award prizes for advanced technology achievements under section 2374a of title 10, United States Code. (2) The report shall include the following: (A) The results of consultations by the Director with officials of the military departments regarding the technology areas for which competitive prizes would be established. (B) A description of the proposed goals of the competitions that would be established under the program, including the technology areas to be promoted by the competitions and the relationship of such areas to military missions of the Department of Defense. (C) The proposed rules for the competitions that would be established under the program and a description of the proposed management of the competitions. (D) A description of the manner in which the amounts of the cash prizes awarded and claimed under the program would be allocated among the accounts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for recording as obligations and expenditures. (E) For each competition that would be established under the program, a statement of the reasons why the competition is a preferable means of promoting basic, advanced, and applied research, advanced technology development, or prototype projects, rather than other means of promoting such activities, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions. (c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO AWARD CASH PRIZES FOR PRO- MOTING EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF DOD MISSIONS.—(1) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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