S.Amdt. 4273

SA 4273. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 H of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 899C. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STREAMLINED TECHNOLOGY
TRANSITION FROM THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the terms ``commercialization'', ``SBIR'', ``STTR'',
``Phase I'', ``Phase II'', and ``Phase III'' have the
meanings given those terms in section 9(e) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e));
(2) the term ``covered small business concern'' means--
(A) a small business concern that completed a Phase II
award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department of
Defense; or
(B) a small business concern that--
(i) completed a Phase I award under the SBIR or STTR
program of the Department of Defense; and
(ii) a contracting officer for the Department of Defense
recommends for inclusion in a multiple award contract
described in subsection (b);
(3) the term ``multiple award contract'' has the meaning
given the term in section 3302(a) of title 41, United States
Code;
(4) the term ``pilot program'' means the pilot program
established under subsection (b); and
(5) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning
given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632).
(b) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Defense may
establish a pilot program under which the Department of
Defense shall award multiple award contracts to covered

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small business concerns for the purchase of technologies,
supplies, or services that the covered small business concern
has developed through the SBIR or STTR program.
(c) Waiver of Competition in Contracting Act
Requirements.--The Secretary of the Defense may establish
procedures to waive provisions of section 2304 of title 10,
United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot
program.
(d) Use of Contract Vehicle.--A multiple award contract
described in subsection (b) may be used by any service or
component of the Department of Defense.
(e) Termination.--The pilot program established under this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2022.
(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent the commercialization of products and
services produced by a small business concern under an SBIR
or STTR program of a Federal agency through--
(1) direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program;
or
(2) any other contract vehicle.
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