S.Amdt. 1997

SA 1997. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

SEC. 236. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECT OF BETTER BUYING POWER 3.0
INITIATIVE ON INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Assessment of Better Buying Power 3.0.--Not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees an assessment of the Better Buying Power
3.0 initiative and its management of independent research and
development activities by contractors of the Department of
Defense.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the implementation of Better Buying
Power 3.0 and how it balances the need for management of
reimbursement of Department contractor independent research
and development costs with the need to preserve the
independence of a contractor to choose which technologies to
pursue in its independent research and development program.
(2) An assessment of the costs, risks and benefits of
proposed changes to the current guidelines of the Department
for authorizing independent research and development by

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contractors and reimbursing such contractors for expenses
relating to such independent research and development.
(3) Recommendations for legislative or administrative
action to improve the ways in which the Department authorizes
independent research and development by contractors of the
Department and reimburses such contractors for expenses
relating to such independent research and development.
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