S.Amdt. 2786

SA 2786. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. ___. USE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES TO PROMOTE
DEFENSE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

(a) In General.--Chapter 303 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``Sec. 4128. Use of partnership intermediaries to promote
defense research and education.

``(a) In General.--Subject to the approval of the Secretary
of Defense or the head of another department or agency of the
Federal Government concerned, the head of a Federal
laboratory or research center may--
``(1) enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding,
or other transaction with a partnership intermediary that
provides for the partnership intermediary to perform services
for the Department of Defense that increase the likelihood of
success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities of
the laboratory or center with industry or academic
institutions; and
``(2) pay the Federal costs of such contract, memorandum or
understanding, or other transaction out of funds made
available for the support of the technology transfer function
of the laboratory or center.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Term `Federal laboratory or research center' means--
``(A) a Federal laboratory; or
``(B) a federally funded research and development center
that is not a laboratory.
``(2) The term `laboratory' has the meaning given that term
in section 12(d)(2) the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)).
``(3) The term `partnership intermediary' means an agency
of a State or local government, or a nonprofit entity that--
``(A) assists, counsels, advises, evaluates, or otherwise
cooperates with industry or academic institutions that need
or can make demonstrably productive use of technology-related
assistance from a Federal laboratory or research center;
``(B) facilitates technology transfer or transition from
industry or academic institutions to a Federal laboratory or
research center;
``(C) assists and facilitates workforce development in
critical technology areas for prototyping or technology
transition activities to fulfill unmet needs of a Federal
laboratory or research center; or
``(D) assists and facilitates improvements to intellectual
property owned by the Federal laboratory or research center,
such as improvements to the quality, value, flexibility,
utility, or complexity of such intellectual property.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 4124 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively.
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