123STA T . 22 4 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (c)AS S I S TANCEPROV I D ED .—Underth e p r og r am e s ta bli shed b y s u bsection (a) , the S ecretary o fD efense may pro v ide covered edu - cational institutions w ith funding or technical assistance, including any of the following
‘‘( 1 ) Support for research, development, testing, evaluation, or educational enhancements in areas important to national defense through the competitive awarding of grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, scholarships, fellowships, or the ac q uisi- tion of research equipment or instrumentation. ‘‘( 2 ) Support to assist in the attraction and retention of faculty in scientific disciplines important to the national secu- rity functions of the Department of Defense. ‘‘( 3 ) E stablishing partnerships between such institutions and defense laboratories, G overnment defense organi z ations, the defense industry, and other institutions of higher education in research, development, testing, and evaluation in areas important to the national security functions of the Department of Defense. ‘‘( 4 ) O ther such non-monetary assistance as the Secretary finds appropriate to enhance defense-related research, develop- ment, testing, and evaluation activities at such institutions. ‘‘(d) PRIORIT YF OR FU NDIN G .— T he Secretary of Defense may establish procedures under which the Secretary may give priority in providing funding under this section to institutions that have not otherwise received a significant amount of funding from the Department of Defense for research, development, testing, and evaluation programs supporting the national security functions of the Department. ‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF C OVERED EDUCATIONA LI NSTITUTION.—In this section the term ‘covered educational institution ’ means— ‘‘(1) an institution of higher education eligible for assistance under title III or I V of the H igher Education Act of 1 965 (2 0 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.)
or ‘‘(2) an accredited postsecondary minority institution.’’. (b) CLERICAL A M ENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2361 the following new item: ‘ ‘ 236 2 .Res e arch a nd ed u ca tio na lp ro g ra m s and acti v ities
historicall yb lac k colleges and universities and minority - serving institutions o f higher education. ’ ’. SEC.253 . E XT E N S IO NO FAU T H O R IT Y TOA W AR DP RI Z ES FOR AD V ANCED TECHNO L O G Y ACHIEVE M ENTS. Subsection (f) of section 23 7 4a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by stri k ing ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep- tember 30, 2013’’. SEC. 25 4 . AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN MERIT -B ASED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO- GRAMS. Section 217(f)(1) of the N ational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Y ear 1995 (Public L aw 103 – 337; 10 8 Stat 2695), as amended by section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261), is amended— 15USC37 15 note.
