DTIC ADA496480: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An pdf

DTIC ADA496480: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An

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A program of regional centers to assist small and medium-sized manufacturing companies use knowledge and technologies developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was created by P.L. 100-418. The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico that provide technical and managerial assistance to firms. Federal funding is matched by non-federal sources. Funding increased until FY1999, when support declined reflecting a decrease in the federal portion of financing from one-half to one-third as individual centers operated longer than six years. Through FY2004, funding remained fairly constant despite the Administration’s FY2003 budget that proposed an 88% reduction in support such that MEP centers with more than six years’ experience operate without federal contribution. Financing was cut 63% in FY2004, but restored in FY2005. The President’s FY2006, FY2007, and FY2008 budgets again proposed funding reductions; however in FY2006 MEP received $104.6 million, $104.6 million in FY2007, and $89.6 million in FY2008 (14.4% less than the FY2007 figure).

The President’s FY2009 budget request (as amended) includes $2 million to close out the federally funded portion of the program. The FY2009 appropriations bill ordered reported from the House Committee on Appropriations would fund MEP at $122 million, while S. 3182, as reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations, would provide $110 million. P.L. 110-69, the America COMPETES Act, authorizes funding for MEP through 2010 and creates several new manufacturing R&D programs

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 8/20/2008
• Year: 2008
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Schacht, Wendy H, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, *MANUFACTURING, FEDERAL BUDGETS, LEGISLATION, COMMERCE, BENEFITS

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