Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/784

 99 STAT. 762

PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 (2) to ensure that no effort is made by any element of the Department of the Navy to inhibit, delay, or halt the provision of any United States naval system to a nation allied with the United States if that system is approved for export to a foreign nation, unless approval of such system for export is withheld solely for the purpose of safeguarding sensitive warship technology; (3) if opportunities arise to construct combatant vessels (including diesel submarines) outside the United States in a shipyard of a friendly foreign nation, with some or all of the costs provided by United States funds— (A) to encourage United States firms to participate in such construction to the maximum extent possible, subject to the requirement to safeguard sensitive warship technology; and (B) to ensure, whenever practicable, that at least 51 percent of the dollar value of such construction is provided by United States firms. (b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term "sensitive warship technology" means technology relating to the design or construction of a combatant naval vessel that is determined by the Secretary of Defense to be vital to United States security. SEC.

1456. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS

(a) CAPABILITY OF DOMESTIC TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRIAL

BASE.—The Secretary of Defense shall monitor the capability of the domestic textile and apparel industrial base to support defense mobilization requirements. (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress not later than April 1 of each of the five years beginning with 1986 a report on the status of such industrial base. Each such report shall include— (1) an identification of textile and apparel mobilization requirements of the Department of Defense that cannot be satisfied on a timely basis by the domestic industries; (2) an assessment of the effect any inadequacy in the textile and apparel industrial base would have on a defense mobilization; and (3) recommendations for ways to alleviate any inadequacy in such industrial base that the Secretary considers critical to defense mobilization requirements. SEC. 1457. ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEC1INL(JY TRANSFER Ante, p. 599. Research and development. State and local governments. Schools and colleges. 10 USC 2363.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 123(a)(1)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 2363. Encouragement of technology transfer "(a) The Secretary of Defense shall encourage, to the extent consistent with national security objectives, the transfer of technology between laboratories and research centers of the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies. State and local governments, colleges and universities, and private persons in cases that are likely to result in the maximum domestic use of such technology. "(b) The Secretary shall examine and implement methods, in addition to the encouragement referred to in subsection (a), that are consistent with national security objectives and will enable Depart-

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