106 STAT. 2666 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 10 USC 2503 note. Contracts. (b) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT. —The Secretary of Defense shall establish the program required by section 2503 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a contract solicitation is issued and a contract is awarded in a timely manner to facilitate the establishment of that program within the period set forth in the preceding sentence. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the Secretary determines that the program shall be administered by the National Defense University. (c) FISCAL YEAR 1993 FUNDING.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense Agencies, $5,000,000 shall be available for the program for analysis of the national technology and industrial base established pursuant to section 2503 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). SEC. 4214. CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUST- MENT. (a) CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUST- MENT. —Subchapter II of chapter 148, as amended by section 4213, is further amended by inserting after section 2503 the following: ^§2504. Center for the Study of Defense Economic Ac^ustment "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council, shall establish within the National Defense University a Defense Economic Ac^ustment Center for the study of issues related to the conversion and reutilization of defense personnel, resources, and facilities. The Center shall be afi&liated with the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University. The activities of the Center shall be integrated with existing activities and studies regarding acquisition, mobilization, the defense industrial base, and reconstitution. "(b) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES. —In conducting studies of economic conversion, the Center shall foois on the development of defense economic adjustment methods and the technical assistance necessary to implement these methods. In accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of Defense, the Center shall coordinate its activities with other education and training elements of the Department of Defense that the Secretary may establish or assign to assist in accomplishing the defense reinvestment, diversification, and conversion objectives set forth in section 2501(b) of this title. "(c) STAFF AND FACILITIES. —Upon the request of the Secretary of Defense, the head of a Federal agency may det£ul, on a reimbursable basis, personnel of the agency to serve on the staff of the Center. "(d) OTHER SERVICES. —The Center may make office space available to personnel of universities and defense contractors invited to participate in defense economic adjustment activities of the Center. "(e) ADDITIONAL CENTERS AND CONVERSION AcnvrriES. —The Secretary of Defense may esteblish additional defense economic a4justment centers or similar entities within the educational and training structure of the Department of Defense or may assign
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