Sec. 10252. UPDATE TO HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP
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## SEC. 10252 UPDATE TO HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP ###
(a)Acceptance of Funds Subsection
(l)of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended to read as follows: > > ### “(l) Acceptance of Funds > > > #### “(1) In general > > To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, other Federal departments and agencies may transfer amounts to the Institute, and the Secretary and Director may accept and make available cash donations from the private sector pursuant to section 2(c)(7), to be used for strengthening United States manufacturing under this section. > > > #### “(2) Competitive awards > > Funds accepted from other Federal departments and agencies and from the private sector under paragraph
(1)shall be awarded competitively by the Secretary and Director to Centers, provided that the Secretary and Director may make noncompetitive awards, pursuant to this section or section 25A, or as a non-competitive contract, as appropriate, if the Secretary and Director determine that— > > > ##### “(A) > > the manufacturing market or sector targeted is limited geographically or in scope; > > > ##### “(B) > > the number of States (or territory, in the case of Puerto Rico) with Centers serving manufacturers of such market or sector is five or fewer; and > > > ##### “(C) > > such Center has or Centers have received a positive evaluation in the most recent evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection (g).” > . ###
(b)Supporting American Manufacturing Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)(5)— #####
(A)by striking “or consortium thereof,”; and #####
(B)by inserting “or a consortium thereof” before the period at the end of the sentence; ####
(2)in subsection (c)(4), by inserting “United States-based” before “industrial”; ####
(3)in subsection (d)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by inserting “at United States-based industrial facilities, including small and medium manufacturing companies” before “based”; #####
(B)in paragraph (2), by inserting “United States-based” before “companies”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (3), by inserting “United States-based” before “small”; ####
(4)in subsection (f)(5)(B)(i), by inserting “in the United States” before the semicolon at the end of the clause; and ####
(5)in subsection (n)(1)(A), by inserting “United States-based” before “small”. ###
(c)Amending the MEP Competitive Awards Program 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”. ###
(d)MEP Outreach Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)in paragraph (6), by striking “community colleges and area career and technical education schools” and inserting the following: “secondary schools, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities,”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (7)— ######
(i)by striking “and local colleges” and inserting “local secondary schools and local colleges, including historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, minority-serving institutions, community colleges, and secondary schools and colleges in underserved and rural communities,”; and ######
(ii)by inserting “or other applied learning opportunities” after “apprenticeships”; and ####
(2)in subsection (d)(3), by striking “, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools,” and inserting the following: “and local high schools, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities,”.
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