[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3519 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3519

To stabilize the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings 
                   Manufacturing Partnership Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2010

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To stabilize the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings 
                   Manufacturing Partnership Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM COST-
              SHARING.

    Section 25(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (3), and (5), for 
        each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the Secretary may 
        not provide a Center with more than 50 percent of the costs 
        incurred by such Center and may not require that a Center's 
        cost share exceed 50 percent.
            ``(8) Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit a 
        report to Congress on the cost share requirements under the 
        Centers program, which shall--
                    ``(A) analyze various cost share structures, 
                including--
                            ``(i) the cost share structure in place 
                        before the date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph;
                            ``(ii) the cost share structure in place 
                        under paragraph (7); and
                            ``(iii) the effect of such cost share 
                        structures on individual Centers and the 
                        overall program; and
                    ``(B) include a recommendation for structuring the 
                cost share requirement after fiscal year 2013 to best 
                provide for the long-term sustainability of the 
                program.''.
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