PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2667 additional economic conversion functions to existing organizations within such structure as may be necessary to assist the Center established pursuant to subsection (a). These additional functions may include the provision of training and technical assistance to implement economic adjustment methods developed by the Center." (b) TIME FOR ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall lo use 2504 establish the Defense E(X)nomic A4iustment Center under section "°^- 2504 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) FISCAL YEAR 1993 FUNDING. —Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense Agencies, $2,000,000 shall be available for the Center for the Study of Defense Economic Ac[justment. SEC. 4215. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE DEFENSE CAPABILITY ASSESSMENTS. Subchapter II of chapter 148, as amended by section 4214, is further amended by inserting after section 2504 the following: ^§2506. National technology and industrial base: periodic defense capabilty assessments "(a) COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT.— The National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council shall, on a regular and periodic basis and not less often than annually through fiscal year 1997 and biennially thereafter, prepare a comprehensive assessment of the capability of the national technology and industrial base to attain each of the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. "(b) TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE SECTOR CAPABILITY ANALYSIS.— Each assessment under subsection (a) shall include the foUoMong: "(1) An analysis of the role, capability, and continued economic viability of those technology and industrial base sectors that are critical to attaining eacti of the objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. "(2) An analysis of the present and projected financial condition of each technology and industrial base sector. "(3) An analysis of the impact of the terminations and significant reductions of m^or research and development programs and procurement programs of the Department of Defense on the capability of those technology and industrial base sectors that are critical to attaining each of the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title during a period of reduction in defense expenditures. "(4) A critical technology analysis that identifies the product and process technologies that are most critical for attaining the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. "(c) FOREIGN DEPENDENCY CONSIDERATIONS.— In the preparation of the periodic assessment, the Council shall include considerations of foreign dependency. "(d) ISSUANCE. — The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe by Regulations. regulation a schedule for the completion of the periodic assessment that ensures sufficient time for the consideration of the assessment in the preparation of the periodic national technology and industrial base plan required by section 2506 of this title. ".
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