S.Amdt. 2852

SA 2852. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019
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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROMOTING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF
DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of
promoting the commercialization of dual-use technology, with
a focus on priority defense technology areas that attract
funding from venture capital firms in the United States.
(b) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot
program at one or more leading universities that have
expertise in--
(1) defense missions;
(2) commercialization of technology; and
(3) venture capital partnerships.
(c) Scalability.--The Secretary shall ensure that the pilot
program is designed to be scalable.
(d) Semiannual Reports.--Not less frequently than once
every six months for the first two years of the pilot
program, the Secretary shall brief the congressional defense
committees on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out
the pilot program
(e) Authorities.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary may use the following authorities:
(1) Section 1599g of title 10 of the United States Code,
relating to public-private talent exchanges.
(2) Section 2368 of such title, relating to Centers for
Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnerships.
(3) Section 2374a of such title, relating to prizes for
advanced technology achievements.
(4) Section 2474 of such title, relating to Centers of
Industrial and Technical Excellence.
(5) Section 2521 of such title, relating to the
Manufacturing Technology Program.
(6) Section 225 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91).
(7) Section 1711 of such Act, relating to a pilot program
on strengthening manufacturing in the defense industrial
base.
(8) Section 1603 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 50 U.S.C. 2359),
relating to the Proof of Concept Commercialization Pilot
Program.
(9) Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) and section 6305 of
title 31, United States Code, relating to cooperative
research and development agreements.
(f) Funding.--
(1) Additional funding.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for National Innovation Activities (PE 8888/line
300).
(2) Availability.--The amount available under paragraph (1)
shall be available to carry out the pilot program required by
subsection (a).
(3) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2019 by this Act for Army Training Information
Systems (PE 0605013A) for Army Information Technology
Development, as specified in the funding table in section
4201, is hereby decreased by $5,000,000.
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