S.Amdt. 4424

SA 4424. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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. MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL
TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish
one or more multi-institution task order contracts,
consortia, cooperative agreements, or other arrangements to
facilitate expedited access to university technical expertise
in support of Department of Defense missions in the areas
specified in subsection (e). The Secretary may use this
arrangement to fund technical analyses and other engineering
support as required to address acquisition and operational
challenges, including support for classified programs and
activities. The Secretary shall ensure that work under task
orders awarded through the arrangement is performed primarily
by the designated university performer.
(b) Limitation.--The arrangement established under
subsection (a) may not be used to fund research programs that
can be executed through other Department of Defense basic
research activities.
(c) Coordination With Other Department of Defense
Activities.--The arrangement shall be made in coordination
with other Department of Defense activities, including
federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs),
university affiliated research centers (UARCs), and Defense
laboratories and test centers, for purposes of providing
technical expertise and reducing costs and duplicative
efforts.
(d) Policies and Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish
and implement policies and procedures to govern--
(1) selection of participants in the arrangement;
(2) the awarding of task orders under the arrangement;
(3) maximum award size for tasks under the arrangement;
(4) the appropriate use of competitive awards and sole
source awards under the arrangement; and
(5) technical areas under the arrangement.
(e) Mission Areas.--The Secretary may establish the
arrangement in any of the following technical areas:
(1) Cybersecurity.
(2) Air and ground vehicles.
(3) Shipbuilding.
(4) Explosives detection.
(5) Modeling and simulation.
(6) Undersea warfare.
(7) Trusted microelectronics.
(8) Unmanned systems.
(9) Directed energy.
(10) Energy, power, and propulsion.
(11) Advanced materials.
(12) Other areas as designated by the Secretary.
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