S.Amdt. 1190

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SA 1190. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follow:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1080. REGIONAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS.

       (a) Development of Innovative Advanced Technologies.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall use the
     laboratory network of the Department of Defense and work with
     the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Small
     Business Administration to encourage the development of
     innovative advanced technologies to address national
     security, and where appropriate, homeland security, and first
     responder challenges.
       (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
     the Secretary of Defense should make further progress in
     marshaling existing authorities in support of regional
     advanced technology clusters, while defining mechanisms to
     collaborate with, and leverage resources from the Department
     of Commerce and the Small Business Administration.
       (b) Designation of Lead Department of Defense Office.--Not
     later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this
     Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
     Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Under
     Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall identify and report to
     the appropriate congressional committees what office within
     the Department of Defense will be responsible for enhanced
     use of regional advanced technology clusters.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
     enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
     Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with
     the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall submit to
     the appropriate congressional committees a report
     describing--
       (1) the participation of the Department of Defense in
     regional advanced technology clusters, including the number
     of clusters supported, technologies developed and products
     commercialized, small businesses trained, companies started,
     and research and development facilities shared;
       (2) implementation by the Department of processes and
     mechanisms to facilitate collaboration with the clusters;
       (3) agreements established with the Department of Commerce
     and the Small Business Administration to jointly support the
     continued utilization and growth of the clusters; and
       (4) any additional required authorities and any impediments
     in supporting regional advanced technology clusters.
       (d) Collaboration With Other Federal Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--The designated lead from the Department of
     Defense office shall collaborate and share resources with
     other Federal agencies for purposes of assisting in the
     utilization and growth of regional advanced technology
     clusters under this section. Furthermore the Department of
     Defense will work with Department of Commerce and the Small
     Business Administration to develop methods to evaluate the
     effectiveness of technology cluster policies.
       (2) Intergovernmental personnel act agreements.--The
     Department of Defense shall utilize Intergovernmental
     Personnel Act agreements to provide for the temporary
     assignment of personnel between the Federal Government and
     State and local governments, colleges and universities,
     Indian tribal governments, federally funded research and
     development centers, and other eligible organizations.
       (3) Access to department of defense facilities.--The
     Secretary of Defense shall provide regional advanced
     technology clusters appropriate access to Department of
     Defense facilities.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees;
       (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
     and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of
     the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee
     on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Regional advanced technology clusters.--The term
     ``regional advanced technology clusters'' means geographic
     centers focused on building science and technology-based
     innovation capacity in areas of local and regional strength
     to foster economic growth and improve quality of life.
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