106 STAT. 2668 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 SEC. 4216. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE PLAN AND MAJOR DEFENSE PROGRAM PLANNING. (a) MULTIYEAR PLAN.—Subchapter II of chapter 148, as amended by section 4215, is further amended by inserting after section 2505 the following: ^§2506. National technology and industrial base: periodic defense capability plan "(a) IN GENERAL.— The National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council shall prepare annually through fiscal year 1997 and biennially thereafter a multiyear plan for ensuring, to the maximum extent practicable, that the policies and programs of the Department of^ Defense, the Department of Energy, and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government are planned, coordinated, funded, and implemented in a manner designed to attain each of the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. In preparing each plan, the Council shall take into account the most recent national technology and industrial base assessment prepared pursuant to section 2505 of this title. "(b) PROGRAM GUIDANCE To BE INCLUDED m PLAN. —Each plan under subsection (a) shall also provide specific guidance (including goals, milestones, and priorities) for the following: "(1) National defense programs and policies of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy that are necessary to ensure the continued viability of each technology and industrial base sector that is necessary to support uie objectives stated in section 2501(a) of this title. "(2) National defense programs and policies of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy that are necessary in each such sector— "(A) to reduce dependence on foreign sources that could create a military vulnerability; and "(B) to provide for alternative sources in the event that the foreign sources become unavailable. "(3) The composition and management of the Defense Industrial Reserve under section 2535 of this title. "(4) National defense programs and poUcies of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy relating to manufacturing technology. "(5) Development of each defense critical technology. "(6) Ensuring that financial policies of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy (for national security programs) are designed to meet the policies set forth in section 2501 of this title. "(7) Encouragement of the effective use of commercial products and processes by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy for national security programs. "(8) For each plan through fiscal year 1997, national defense programs and policies of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy relating to the transition from economic dependence on defense expenditures of those technology and industrial base sectors and businesses that are at least partially dependent economically on defense expenditures. "(9) Eniiancement of the slalls and capabilities of the work force in the national technology and industrial base in support of the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. ^^-
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