104 STAT. 1606 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 "(b) ANNUAL REPORT.— The Secretary shall submit to Congress not later than April 1 of each of the five years beginning with 1991 a report on the status of such industrial base. Each such report shall include the following: "(1) An identification of textile and apparel mobilization requirements of the Department of Defense that cannot be satisfied on a timely basis by the domestic industries. "(2) An assessment of the effect any inadequacy in the textile and apparel industried base would have on a defense mobilization. "(3) Recommendations for ways to alleviate any inadequacy in such industrial base that the Secretary considers critical to defense mobilization requirements.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter (as amended by section 825(b)) is further amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2510. Defense industrial base for textile and apparel products.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 1456 of the Department of 10 USC 113 note. Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 99 Stat. 762), is repealed. SEC. 827. USE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES (a) PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES. — The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 15 USC 3715. "SEC. 21. USE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES. "(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the approval of the Secretary or head of the affected department or agency, the Director of a Federal laboratory, or in the case of a federally funded research and development center, the Federal employee who is the contract officer, may— "(1) enter into a contract or memorandum of understanding with a partnership intermediary that provides for the partnership intermediary to perform services for the Federal laboratory that increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities of such Federal laboratory with small business firms; and "(2) pay the Federal costs of such contract or memorandum of understanding out of funds available for the support of the technology transfer function pursuant to section 11(b) of this Act. "(b) PARTNERSHIP PROGRESS REPORTS.—The Secretary shall include in each triennial report required under section 6(d) of this Act a discussion and evaluation of the activities carried out pursuant to this section during the period covered by the report. "(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 'partnership intermediary' means an agency of a State or local government, or a nonprofit entity owned in whole or in part by, chartered by, funded in whole or in part by, or operated in whole or in part by or on behalf of a State or local government, that assists, counsels, advises, evaluates, or otherwise cooperates with small business firms that need or can make demonstrably productive use of technology- related assistance from a Federal laboratory, including State programs receiving funds under cooperative agreements entered into
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