HR 5121 · 103th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
Defense Industrial Conversion Act of 1994
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.(1994-10-17)
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Defense Industrial Conversion Act of 1994 - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Economic Conversion Information to serve as a central clearinghouse on matters relating to economic adjustment and defense conversion programs and activities of the Federal, State, and local governments and to help applicants in locating and applying for economic adjustment and defense conversion assistance. Provides for: (1) the establishment of an Office Director and staff; (2) the development in the Office of information databases with an appropriate range of programs; (3) a survey of all Federal departments and agencies to identify assistance and resources available to assist defense-dependent communities, businesses, and workers; and (4) the establishment of a defense cutback early warning database, a database of defense conversion efforts and their successes, a database of reference lists and bibliographies related to all facets of defense economic adjustment and conversion, and a databank of potentially commercializable technologies and products matched to the capabilities of defense-dependent industries and firms. Directs the Office to establish several mechanisms to assu…
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