[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2792 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2792
To reestablish and enhance the Defense Research and Development Rapid
Innovation Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 13, 2016
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed
Services
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A BILL
To reestablish and enhance the Defense Research and Development Rapid
Innovation Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid Innovation Fund Enhancement
Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REESTABLISHMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM.
(a) Coordination of Program.--Subsection (a) of section 1073 of the
Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
(Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4366; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``The program shall be coordinated
with the senior acquisition executives of the departments, Agencies,
and components of the Department of Defense.''.
(b) Department of Defense Expenditures.--Subsection (d) of such
section is amended to read as follows:
``(d) DoD Expenditures.--(1) For fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal
year thereafter, the Department of Defense shall obligate for
expenditure for eligible technologies under the program not less than 1
percent of the aggregate budget of the Department of Defense for such
fiscal year for research, development, test, and evaluation and
available for projects and activities at the level of Advanced
Component Development Prototypes and above (referred to as `6.4' and
above).
``(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) may be construed to prohibit the
departments, Agencies, and components of the Department from expending
on eligible technologies in a fiscal year an amount for that fiscal
year in excess of the amount otherwise required by that paragraph.''.
(c) Briefing Requirements.--Subsection (f) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
``(f) Annual Briefing.--(1) Not later than January 31 each year,
the Secretary shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the
program under this section during the previous fiscal year, including
the following:
``(A) A list of each project funded under this section
during such fiscal year, including a short description of each
such project.
``(B) The amount of funding provided for each such project.
``(C) The defense acquisition program that each such
project supports, including the extent to which such project
meets needs identified in its acquisition plan.
``(D) The anticipated timeline for transition for such
project, or if such project transitioned during such fiscal
year, to what program of record it transitioned.
``(E) Whether the award for the project was made to a small
business participating in the Small Business Innovation
Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program
under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), a
small business under section 3 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 632), or
a nontraditional defense contractor under section 2371(a) of
title 10, United States Code.
``(F) The degree to which a competitive, merit-based
process was used to evaluate and select the performers of the
projects selected under this section during such fiscal year.
``(2) In this subsection, the term `appropriate committees of
Congress' means--
``(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
``(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Small Business of the House of Representatives.''.
(d) Reestablishment of Program and Definition.--Subsection (g) of
such section is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Eligible Technology Defined.--In this section, the term
`eligible technology' means the following:
``(1) A technology that has received a Phase II award under
the Small Business Innovation Research Program or the Small
Business Technology Transfer Program under section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
``(2) A technology developed by a nontraditional defense
contractor (as that term is defined in section 2302(9) of title
10, United States Code).
``(3) A technology developed by the defense laboratories.
``(4) Any other innovative technology (including a dual use
technology), as determined by the Secretary.''.
(e) Additional Program Flexibility.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
issue additional guidelines for the operation of the Defense Research
and Development Rapid Innovation Program under section 1107 of the Ike
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (as
amended by this section). The guidance shall include the following:
(1) Guidance to Department of Defense personnel on using,
to the maximum extent practicable, procedures under the Program
for direct award (as described in section 9(r)(4) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(r)(4)) to firms participating in
the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small
Business Technology Transfer Program under section 9 of that
Act.
(2) Guidance and procedures on the authorities in section
9(r)(4) of the Small Business Act that allow a small business
concern to submit proposals to the senior acquisition
executive, or a designee, at each department, Agency, and
component of the Department and separate from a broad agency
announcement.
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