S.Amdt. 1499

SA 1499. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(3) Report.--

(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives on an annual basis a report setting forth the research programs identified under paragraph (1) during the preceding year.

(B) Contents.--Each report under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the year covered by such report, a description of--

(i) the incentives and actions taken by prime contractors and program managers to increase Phase III awards under the Small Business Innovation Research Program; and

(ii) the requirements intended to be met by each program identified in the report.

(4) Pilot program.--

(A) In general.--The Secretary of each military department is authorized to use not more than an amount equal to 1 percent of the funds available to the military department for the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program for a pilot program to transition programs that have successfully completed Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research Program to Phase III of the Program.

(B) Term.--A pilot program under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not later than 3 years after the date on which the pilot program is initiated.