S.Amdt. 950

SA 950. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 2__. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS PERFORMING
RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.

(a) Research and Development Projects.--Section 4001 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(e) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a
statement, press release, request for proposals, bid
solicitation, or other document describing a project or
program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal
funding, a person performing a research or development
project under paragraph (1) or (5) of subsection (b) shall
clearly state the following:
``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or
project financed with Federal funding.
``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the
project or program.
``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs
of the project or program that will be financed from
nongovernmental sources.''.
(b) Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Under
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.--Section
4026 of such title is amended--

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(1) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting
the following:
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense'';
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), in
the second sentence, by striking ``Technology may'' and
inserting the following:
``(b) Technology Transfer.--Technology may''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a
statement, press release, request for proposals, bid
solicitation, or other document describing a project or
program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal
funding, a person performing a research or development
project pursuant to a cooperative research and development
agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall clearly
state the following:
``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or
project financed with Federal funding.
``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the
project or program.
``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs
of the project or program that will be financed from
nongovernmental sources.''.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary of Defense should direct the operating
divisions of the Department of Defense to design and
implement processes to manage and administer grantees'
compliance with the requirements added by this section,
including determining to what extent to provide guidance to
grantees on calculations.
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