legislation: 102-hr-5526
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| 102-hr-5526 | 102 | hr | 5526 | National Commitment to Quality Award Act of 1992 | Commerce | 1992-07-01 | 1992-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 4 | National Commitment to Quality Award Act of 1992 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish the National Commitment to Quality Award Program involving the awarding of a medal and at least three monetary competitive awards to institutions of higher education that have substantially benefited the economic and social well-being of the United States through adopting Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to govern their operations, emphasizing the importance of manufacturing process technology. Allows a recipient institution which agrees to help other institutions of higher education improve their TQM curriculum to publicize its receipt of the award. Requires the award to be used to teach TQM and process manufacturing technology using TQM principles and to apply TQM to institution operations. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:51Z |