PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1657 (E) Any recommended legislation to facilitate achievement of objectives under this section. (g) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SAVINGS INITIA- TIVE.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (in this subsection referred to as the "Initiative") to develop commercial products and processes that the military departments can incorporate into operational military systems to reduce costs of operations and support. (2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $50,000,000 is authorized for the Initiative. (3) Projects and participants in the Initiative shall be selected through the use of competitive procedures. (4) The budget submitted to Congress by the President for fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall set forth separately the funding request for the Initiative. (h) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.— Section 203 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2451) is repealed. (i) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: (1) The term "applied research program" means a program of a military department which is funded under the 6.2 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation account of that department. (2) The term "dual-use project" means a project under a program of a military department or a defense agency under which research or development of a dual-use technology is carried out and the costs of which are shared by the Department of Defense and non-Government entities. SEC. 204. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. The total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 201 that are available for Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (other than amounts for capital equipment investment) is hereby reduced by $42,000,000. Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations SEC. 211. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. (a) PARTICIPATION OF MANUFACTURERS.—Section 2525(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(2) In order to promote increased dissemination and use of manufacturing technology throughout the national defense technology and industrial base, the Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable, the participation of manufacturers of manufacturing equipment in the projects under the program.". (b) FIVE-YEAR PLAN. —Section 2525 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) FIVE-YEAR PLAN.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall prepare a five-year plan for the program which establishes— "(A) the overall manufacturing technology goals, milestones, priorities, and investment strategy for the program; 8ind 39-194O-97- 19:QL3Part2
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