PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1329 as previously authorized in Public Law 101-510 and appropriated in Public Law 101-511 for the establishment of an Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (lAST), an additional $25,000,000 shall be made available until expended as a grant. The grant shall be made to the institution of higher education which has been selected as the site, through competitive procedures and based on the qualifications stipulated in section 243 of Public Law 101-510, of the Institute for Advanced Science and Technology for Phsise II. (b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— The grant under subsection (a) shall be available for construction of the facility for the institute. In making the grant, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Federal share of the cost of the construction project does not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project. (c) PURPOSE OF GRANTS. —The grant shall be used to support development of critical technologies as identified by the Department of Defense in its Critical Technologies Plan as required by Public Law 100-456. SEC. 254. ADVANCED APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION FACILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANT.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1992 for the Defense Agencies, $20,000,000 shall be available for a grant to a nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education to establish an advanced applied technology demonstration facility for environmental technology. Such grant shall be awarded through the use of competitive procedures. (b) QuAUFiCATiONS.— A grant under subsection (a) may be awarded only to an organization or institution that— (1) has nationally recognized expertise in environmental technology and business administration; and (2) proposes a clear plan (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) showing how its management of such a facility will be usable by the Department of Defense in resolving environmental cleanup problems of the Department. (c) COST SHARING. —In evaluating proposals for a grant under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consider as favorable evaluation factors for the award of tHfe^ grant provisions of such a proposal under which the organization or institution submitting the proposal— (1) proposes that, if awarded the grant, it will agree to have available all equipment necessary to conduct environmental cleanup demonstration projects at the facility; and (2) demonstrates that it has, or upon receipt of the grant will obtain, secure sources of funding such that— (A) the Federal share of the administrative costs of the facility established with the grant will not exceed one-half of the total administrative costs of the facility for the first two years of the operation of the facility; and (B) no Department of Defense assistance for the operation of the facility will be required after the first three years of the operation of the facility.
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