Sec. 402. Update to manufacturing extension partnership
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Section 25(l) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k(l) ) is amended to read as follows: In addition to such sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Director to operate the Program, the Secretary and Director may also accept funds from other Federal departments and agencies, as well as funds provided by the private sector pursuant to section 2(c)(7) of this Act ( 15 U.S.C. 272(c)(7) ), to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts, for the purpose of strengthening United States manufacturing. Funds accepted from other Federal departments and agencies and from the private sector under paragraph
(1)shall be awarded competitively by the Secretary and by the Director to Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers, provided that the Secretary and Director may make non-competitive awards, pursuant to this section or section 25A, or as a non-competitive contract, as appropriate, if the Secretary and the Director determine that— the manufacturing market or sector targeted is limited geographically or in scope; the number of States (or territory, in the case of Puerto Rico) with Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers serving manufacturers of such market or sector is five or fewer; and such Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center or Centers has received a positive evaluation in the most recent evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection (g). . Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph (6), by striking community colleges and area career and technical education schools and inserting secondary schools (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( ; and 20 U.S.C. 7801 )), community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities, in paragraph (7)— by striking and local colleges and inserting local high schools and local colleges, including those in underserved and rural communities, ; and by inserting or other applied learning opportunities after apprenticeships ; and in subsection (d)(3), by striking , community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, and inserting and local high schools, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities, . Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) is amended— in subsection (a)(5)— by striking or consortium thereof, ; and by inserting or a consortium thereof before the period at the end of the sentence; in subsection (c)(4), by inserting United States-based before industrial ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by inserting at United States-based industrial facilities, including small and medium manufacturing companies before based ; in paragraph (2), by inserting United States-based before companies ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting United States-based before small ; in subsection (f)(5)(B)(i), by inserting in the United States before the semicolon at the end of the clause; and in subsection (n)(1)(A), by inserting United States-based before small . Section 25A(c)(2) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k-1(c)(2) ) is amended by inserting United States before manufacturers .
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