PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2679 posed to be developed by the partnership for the national technology and industrial base. "(6) The extent of the financitd commitment of eligible firms to the proposed partnership. "(7) The extent to which the partnership does not unnecessarily duplicate projects undertaken by other agencies. "(8) Such other criteria that the Secretary prescribes. "(g) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the purposes of this section.". (b) FISCAL YEAR 1993 PROJECTS. —During fiscal year 1993, projects carried out in cooperation with partnerships under section 2511 of title 10, United States Code, shall include projects in the following areas or involving technologies that otherwise fiuther the objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of such title: (1) Digital communications and processing methods. (2) Optical electronics. (3) Lightweight, low-clearance multipassenger ground vehicles. (4) Advanced materials, including precision forging technologies to meet high-strengUi, low-weight design criteria. (5) Interferrometric synthetic aperture radar technology. (6) Electrical propulsion of ground vehicles for reduced signature emission. (7) Marine biotechnology. (8) Environmentally compliant manufacturing technologies for production of computers for military and nonmilitary use as may be identified by a partnership. (9) Fuel cell and high-density energy storage. (10) Unexploded ordnance disposal technology. (11) Microchip Module integration. (12) Robotics application to defense environmental restoration activities. (13) Integrated teleconmiunications technologies for advanced manufacturing. (14) Advanced automatic control systems technology. (c) FUNDING. — Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense Agencies, $100,000,000 shall be available for defense dual-use critical technology partnerships under section 2511 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). SEC. 4222. COMMEHCIAL-MILITARY INTEGRATION PARTNERSHIPa (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— Subchapter III of chapter 148, as amended by section 4221, is further amended by inserting after section 2511 the following:
- § 2512. Commercial-military integration partnerships
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS.— The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a program to further the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title by providing for the establishment of cooperative arrangements (hereinafter in this section referred to as 'partnerships') between the Department of Defense and one or more eligible firms and nonprofit research corporations referred to in section 2511(b) of this title. A partnership may also include, as determined appropriate by the Secretiuy of Defense, a Federal laboratory or lalx>ratories, institutions of higher education, agencies of State governments, and other entities that
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