10 U.S.C. § 2198: Management training program…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must set up, with the National Science Foundation, a competitive grant program for U.S. colleges and nonprofit groups. The grants fund programs that teach Japanese language and culture to scientists, engineers, and managers. The Secretary must make rules for giving grants. The rules must look at whether people from Defense and Department of Energy labs can join to help develop defense critical technologies; whether the program places U.S. staff in Japanese government or industry labs to improve language, culture, research, and management skills and to encourage technology transfer to the United States; and whether part of the cost will come from non-Federal sources. “Defense critical technology” means a technology identified under section 4816 of this title as critical for the national security goals in section 4811(a) of this title.

Title 10, §2198

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(a)The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the National Science Foundation, shall establish a program for the making of grants on a competitive basis to United States institutions of higher education and other United States not-for-profit organizations for the conduct of programs for scientists, engineers, and managers to learn Japanese language and culture.

(b)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations the criteria for awarding a grant under the program for activities of an institution or organization referred to in subsection (a), including the following:

(1)Whether scientists, engineers, and managers of defense laboratories and Department of Energy laboratories are permitted a level of participation in such activities that is beneficial to the development and application of defense critical technologies by such laboratories.

(2)Whether such activities include the placement of United States scientists, engineers, and managers in Japanese government and industry laboratories—

(A)to improve the knowledge of such scientists, engineers, and managers in (i) Japanese language and culture, and (ii) the research and development and management practices of such laboratories; and

(B)to provide opportunities for the encouragement of technology transfer from Japan to the United States.

(3)Whether an appropriate share of the costs of such activities will be paid out of funds derived from non-Federal Government sources.

(c)In this section, the term “defense critical technology” means a technology that is identified under section 4816 of this title as critical for attaining the national security objectives set forth in section 4811(a) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “section 4816” for “section 2505” and “section 4811(a)” for “section 2501(a)”. 1997—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “that is identified under section 2505 of this title as critical for attaining the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title.” for “identified in a defense critical technologies plan submitted to the Congress under section 2506 of this title.” 1993—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–35 substituted “a defense” for “an annual defense” and “section 2506” for “section 2522”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

§2198 Management Training Program in Japanese Language and Culture