PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1615 (1) assessment of the toxico-kinetic properties of the various chemical forms of depleted uranium that could be inhaled, ingested, or imbedded; (2) examination of whether there are depleted uranium cancer induction mechanisms similar to those observed in Thorotrast-specific liver cancers; (3) determination of whether the radiogenic effects described in paragraphs (1) and (2) occur and, if so, at what fragment densities and latent periods; (4) assessment of long-term, low-dose-rate irradiation of specific tissues, such as those of the nervous system; (5) determination of the potential for chronic nephrotoxicity as a function of the organ exposed to depleted uranium; and (6) conduct of pathological studies of tissue surroiinding depleted uranium particles. (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS. —Not later than October 1, 1994, and annually thereafter for the period that research described in subsection (a) is being carried out under the grant made under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of such research during the year preceding the report. SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON METALCASTING AND CERAMIC SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INDUSTRIES. (a) METALCASTING INDUSTRY.—I t is the sense of Congress that— (1) the health and viability of the metalcasting industry of the United States are at serious risk; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should seriously consider providing funds, from the funds made available pursuant to section 201, for research and development activities of the metalcasting industry, including the following activities: (A) Development of casting technologies and techniques. (B) Improvement of technology transfer within the metalcasting industry in the United States. (C) Improvement of training for the metalcasting industry workforce. (b) CERAMIC SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INDUSTRY. — It is the senseof Congress that— (1) the health and viability of the ceramic semiconductor package industry of the United States are at serious risk, as demonstrated by the action plan relating to the ceramic semiconductor package industry issued by the Secretary of Commerce on August 15, 1993; (2) advanced ceramic semiconductor packages are critical components under section 107 of the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2077); (3) the technologies used in producing ceramic and advanced ceramic semiconductor packages are dual-use technologies; and (4) the Secretary of Defense should provide funds for support of the domestic ceramic semiconductor package industry through the following t}rpes of activities: (A) Research and development. (B) Procurement by the Department of Defense of ceramic semiconductor packages made in the United States.
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