§ 2198. Management training program in Japanese language and culture

• (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 2505 of this title as critical for attaining the national security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title .