S.Amdt. 1734

SA 1734. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORTS REGARDING THE SBIR PROGRAM OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``SBIR'' has the meaning given the term in
section 9(e)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(e)(4)); and
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense.
(b) Reports Required.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, and not later than 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year that begins after that date
of enactment, the Secretary, after consultation with the
Secretary of each branch of the Armed Forces, shall submit,
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, to Congress a report that addresses--
(1) the ways in which the Secretary, as of the date on
which the report is submitted, is using incentives to
Department of Defense program managers under section
9(y)(6)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)(B))
to increase the number of Phase II SBIR contracts awarded by
the Secretary that lead to technology transition into
programs of record or fielded systems, which shall include
the judgment of the Secretary regarding the potential effect
of providing monetary incentives to those officers for that
purpose;
(2) the extent to which the Department of Defense has
developed simplified and standardized procedures and model
contracts throughout the agency for Phase I, Phase II, and
Phase III SBIR awards, as required under section
9(hh)(2)(A)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(hh)(2)(A)(i));
(3) with respect to each report submitted under this
section after the submission of the first such report, the
extent to which any incentives described in this section and
implemented by the Secretary have resulted in an increased
number of Phase II contracts under the SBIR program of the
Department of Defense leading to technology transition into
programs of record or fielded systems;
(4) the extent to which Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III
projects under the SBIR program of the Department of Defense
align with the modernization priorities of the Department,
including with respect to artificial intelligence,
biotechnology, autonomy, cybersecurity, directed energy,
fully networked command, control, and communication systems,
microelectronics, quantum science, hypersonics, and space;
and
(5) any other action taken, and proposed to be taken, to
increase the number of Department of Defense Phase II SBIR
contracts leading to technology transition into programs of
record or fielded systems.
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