Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/249

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PUBLIC LAW 102-172—NOV. 26, 1991 105 STAT. 1201 sold by the drink) on a military installation located in the United States, unless such malt beverages and wine are procured in that State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages for military installations in States which are not contiguous with another State: Provided further. That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors considered. SEC. 8112. (a) During fiscal year 1992, the Critical Technologies Institute shall conduct a special study of the issues regarding the production and use of machine tools necessary to support the national defense. For the purposes of this section— (1) "critical technology" means the act of a domestic industry in producing a product without which machine tools necessary to support the national defense could not be produced; (2) "domestic producer" means those producers, situated within the United States, or its territories, wherein over 50 percent of the total voting stock of such producer is owned and controlled by citizens of the United States; and (3) "national security" means the interest of the United States Government to preserve those basic conditions necessary to a domestic producer, using a critical technology, that are adequate to permit capital investment for needed improvements in technology that will enable the overall domestic industry to remain competitive. (b) No later than one calendar year from the date of enactment of Reports, this Act, the Critical Technologies Institute shall prepare and deliver to the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Finance Committee of the Senate a report providing— (1) a listing and detailing of those products determined to be within the definition of "critical technology"; (2) a summary of the general economic condition of domestic industries producing a product used in a critical technology in the United States (including, but not limited to, productivity, exportation of products, capacity, and profitability); (3) a summary of— (A) current and prospective trends in the ability to compete by such industries; and (B) the effect of such trends on employment and unemployment, individual and corporate income levels, private capital accumulation and investment, the balance of payments, revenues and expenditures of the Federal Government, and other relevant indicators of the economic health of such industries; (4) a detailed review of policies, programs, and activities of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and nongovernmental entities that adversely affect the economic health (and ability to produce) of domestic industries using a critical technology; (5) recommendations to—