PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1437 "(b)(1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall establish a program— "(A) to support existing manufacturing extension programs of regions. States, local governments, and private, nonprofit organizations; "(B) to promote the development of a broad range of such programs that will benefit both the national security and the economic prosperity of the United States; and "(C) to increase the involvement of appropriate segments of the private sector in activities that improve the manufacturing quality, productivity, and performance of United States-based small manufacturing firms. "(2) In awarding financial assistance under the program, the Secretary, on the bsisis of merit pursuant to a competitive selection process, shall select manufacturing extension programs that demonstrate evidence of the following: "(A) Comprehensive and high quality services, including staff with significant experience in industrial manufacturing. "(B) Significant involvement by, and support from, private industry. "(C) The potential for assisting a significant number of United States-based small manufacturing firms with a limited expenditure of Federal funds. "(3)(A) The amount of financial assistance furnished to a manufacturing extension program under this subsection may not exceed the total amount provided by non-Federal Government participants in the program for the period for which the assistance is to be provided. Financial assistance shall be provided to a recipient program for a period of five years unless such financial assistance is earlier terminated for good cause. Recipients of such financial assistance shall be required to report to the Secretary annually beginning one year after the date that such financial sissistance is initiated. Such report shall include a description of the progress of the recipient program in meeting the objectives set out in paragraph (1). "(B) The Secretary of Defense shall require a major evaluation of each manufacturing extension program receiving financial assistance under this subsection. The evaluation shall be conducted during the third year that such program receives such financial - assistance. If, on the basis of such evaluation, the Secretary finds that the financial assistance to the extension program should be terminated for good cause, the Secretary shall provide sufficient financial assistance to terminate that program. The amount of that assistance may not exceed the amount that would otherwise have been provided for continuing the financial assistance to the recipient program through the end of the fourth year. "(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not prohibit a recipient program from reapplying for financial assistance under this subsection upon the expiration or termination of the furnishing of financial assistance under this subsection. The application for additional financial assistance shall be subject to the requirements and procedures set out in this subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as initial applications for financisd assistance under this subsection. "(4) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce Contracts. shall enter into an agreement for carrying out the program established pursuant to this subsection. The agreement shall include
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