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PUBLIC LAW 89-182-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

(2) providing a reference service to identify sources of engineering and other scientific expertise; and (3) sponsoring industrial workshops, seminars, training programs, extension courses, demonstrations, and field visits designed to encourage the more effective application of scientific and engineering information. (b) "Designated agency" means the institution or agency which has been designated as administrator of the program for any State or States under section 3 or section 7 of this Act. (c) "Qualified institution" means (1) an institution of higher learning with a program leading to a degree in science, engineering, or business administration which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association to be listed by the United States Commissioner of Education, or such an institution which is listed separately after evaluation by the United States Commissioner of Education pursuant to this subsection; or (2) a State agency or a private, nonprofit institution which meets criteria of competence established by the Secretary of Commerce and published in the Federal Eegister. For the purpose of this subsection the United States Commissioner of Education shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of science, engineering, or business education or training offered. When the Commissioner determines that there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association (][ualified to accredit such programs, he shall publish a list of institutions he finds qualified after prior evaluation by an advisory committee, composed of persons he determines to be specially qualified to evaluate the training provided under such programs. (d) "Participating institution" means each qualified institution in a State, which participates in the administration or execution of the State technical services program as provided by this Act. (e) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce. (f) "State" means one of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands. (g) "Governor", in the case of the District of Columbia, means the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. SELECTION o r

DESIGNATED

AGENCY

SEC. 3. The Governor of any State which wishes to receive Federal payments under this Act in support of its existing or planned technical services program shall designate, under appropriate State laws and regulations, an institution or agency to administer and coordinate that program and to prepare and submit a plan and programs to the Secretary of Commerce for approval under this Act. PLANS AND

PROGRAMS

SEC. 4. The designated agency shall prepare and submit to the Secretary in accordance with such regulations as he may publish— Five-year plan. ^^^^ ^ five-yeaT plan which may be revised annually and which shall: (1) outline the technological and economic conditions of the State, taking into account its region, business, commerce, and its industrial potential and identify the major regional and industrial problems; (2) identify the general approaches and methods to be used m the solution of these problems and outline the means for measuring the impact of such assistance on the State or regional economy; and

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