[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1871 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1871

To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Industrial Technology Services for fiscal year 1996, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1995

 Mrs. Morella introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Science

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Industrial Technology Services for fiscal year 1996, and for 
                            other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Industrial Technology Services Authorization Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Commerce for the Industrial Technology Services activities of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 1996--
            (1) for the Advanced Technology Program under section 28 of 
        the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
        U.S.C. 278n), such sums as may be appropriated; and
            (2) for the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships program 
        under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards 
        and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and 278l), such sums as may 
        be appropriated.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT AMENDMENTS.

    Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or contracts'' in subsection (b)(1)(B), 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``contracts, and, subject to the 
        last sentence of this subsection, other transactions'';
            (2) by inserting ``and if the non-Federal participants in 
        the joint venture agree to pay at least 50 percent of the total 
        costs of the joint venture during the Federal participation 
        period, which shall not exceed 5 years,'' in subsection 
        (b)(1)(B) after ``participation to be appropriate,'';
            (3) by striking ``provision of a minority share of the cost 
        of such joint ventures for up to 5 years, and (iii)'' in 
        subsection (b)(1)(B), and inserting in lieu thereof ``and'';
            (4) by striking ``and cooperative agreements'' in 
        subsection (b)(2), and inserting in lieu thereof ``, 
        cooperative agreements, and, subject to the last sentence of 
        this subsection, other transactions'';
            (5) by adding after subsection (b)(4) the following:
``The authority under paragraph (1)(B) and paragraph (2) to enter into 
other transactions shall apply only if the Secretary, acting through 
the Director, determines that standard contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements are not feasible or appropriate, and only when 
other transaction instruments incorporate terms and conditions that 
reflect the use of generally accepted commercial accounting and 
auditing practices.''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) and subsection 
(d)(3), the Director may grant extensions beyond the deadlines 
established under those subsections for joint venture and single 
applicant awardees to expend Federal funds to complete their projects, 
if such extension may be granted with no additional cost to the Federal 
Government and it is in the Federal Government's interest to do so.''.
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