S.Amdt. 4047

SA 4047. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to
be proposed to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 147, strike lines 6 through 15 and insert the
following:

industrial technology services

For necessary expenses for industrial technology services,
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for
the Manufacturing USA Program:  Provided, That the Secretary
shall, not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, for all eligible entities (as defined in
subsection (a) of section 25 of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k)) in each State
and Puerto Rico, renew for 1 year all cooperative agreements
that were entered into under subsection (e) of such section
and were in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, not later than 7
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue under
subsection (e) of such section new 1-year awards to all
eligible entities (as defined in subsection (a) of such
section) that on the date of the enactment of this Act had
cooperative agreements that were in effect and set to expire
on December 31, 2025:  Provided further, That each such
renewal of a cooperative agreement and new award shall be
renewed and awarded under the same terms and conditions as in
effect for cooperative agreements under subsection (e) of
such section in May, 2025, unless requested otherwise by the
applicable eligible entity:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall execute a reapplication competition under
subsection (h) of such section not later than the date that
is 270 days before the date on which the first cooperative
agreement authorized under such section 25 expires after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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