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U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 14A > § 654 - Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program

(a) Establishment
  The Administration, in consultation with the National Institute
of Standards and Technology and the National Technical Information
Service, shall establish a Pilot Technology Access Program, for
making awards under this section to Small Business Development
Centers (hereinafter in this section referred to as "Centers").
(b) Criteria for selection of Centers
  The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall
establish competitive, merit-based criteria for the selection of
Centers to receive awards on the basis of - 
    (1) the ability of the applicant to carry out the purposes
  described in subsection (d) of this section in a manner relevant
  to the needs of industries in the area served by the Center;
    (2) the ability of the applicant to integrate the
  implementation of this program with existing Federal and State
  technical and business assistance resources; and
    (3) the ability of the applicant to continue providing
  technology access after the termination of this pilot program.
(c) Matching requirement
  To be eligible to receive an award under this section, an
applicant shall provide a matching contribution at least equal to
that received under such award, not more than 50 percent of which
may be waived overhead or in-kind contributions.
(d) Purpose of awards
  Awards made under this section shall be for the purpose of
increasing access by small businesses to on-line data base services
that provide technical and business information, and access to
technical experts, in a wide range of technologies, through such
activities as - 
    (1) defraying the cost of access by small businesses to the
  data base services;
    (2) training small businesses in the use of the data base
  services; and
    (3) establishing a public point of access to the data base
  services.

Activities described in paragraphs (1) through (3) may be carried
out through contract with a private entity.
(e) Renewal of awards
  Awards previously made under section 648a (!1) of this title may
be renewed under this section.

(f) Interim report
  Two years after the date on which the first award was issued
under section 648a (!1) of this title, the General Accounting
Office shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Small Business and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate,
an interim report on the implementation of the program under such
section and this section, including the judgments of the
participating Centers as to its effect on small business
productivity and innovation.
(g) Final report
  Three years after such date, the General Accounting Office shall
submit to the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and
to the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transportation of the Senate, a final report evaluating
the effectiveness of the Program under section 648a (!1) of this
title and this section in improving small business productivity and
innovation.
(h) Authorization of appropriations
  There are authorized to be appropriated to the Small Business
Administration $5 million for each of fiscal years 1992 through
1995 to carry out this section, and such amounts may remain
available until expended.
(i) Funding from other sources; employment of Centers by Federal
  agencies
  Centers are encouraged to seek funding from Federal and non-
Federal sources other than those provided for in this section to
assist small businesses in the identification of appropriate
technologies to fill their needs, the transfer of technologies from
Federal laboratories, public and private universities, and other
public and private institutions, the analysis of commercial
opportunities represented by such technologies, and such other
functions as the development, business planning, market research,
and financial packaging required for commercialization. Insofar as
such Centers pursue these activities, Federal agencies are
encouraged to employ these Centers to interface with small
businesses for such purposes as facilitating small business
participation in Federal procurement and fostering
commercialization of Federally-funded research and development.

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