[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2898 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2898

 To promote greater efficiency in contracting associated with the SBIR 
            and STTR programs of the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2016

 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To promote greater efficiency in contracting associated with the SBIR 
            and STTR programs of the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Small Business National Security 
Innovation Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the terms ``commercialization'', ``SBIR'', ``STTR'', 
        ``Phase I'', ``Phase II'', and ``Phase III'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 638(e));
            (2) the term ``covered small business concern'' means--
                    (A) a small business concern that completed a Phase 
                II award under the SBIR or STTR program of the 
                Department of Defense; or
                    (B) a small business concern that--
                            (i) has completed a Phase I award under the 
                        SBIR or STTR program of the Department of 
                        Defense; and
                            (ii) a contracting officer for the 
                        Department of Defense recommends for inclusion 
                        in the multiple task or delivery order contract 
                        described in subsection (b);
            (3) the terms ``delivery order contract'' and ``task order 
        contract'' have the meanings given those terms in section 2304d 
        of title 10, United States Code;
            (4) the term ``pilot program'' means the pilot program 
        established under subsection (b);
            (5) the term ``Rapid Innovation Fund'' means the program 
        under 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); and
            (6) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632).
    (b) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with 
the Director of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy and the 
Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense, shall 
establish a pilot program for the commercialization of products and 
services produced by covered small business concerns under which the 
Secretary of the Navy shall set up a multiple task or delivery order 
contract for those products and services.
    (c) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator of General Services 
shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary of the Navy for 
purposes of establishing and administering the pilot program.
    (d) Waiver of Competition in Contracting Act.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Navy may establish 
        procedures to waive provisions of chapter 33 of title 41, 
        United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot 
        program.
            (2) Requirement.--Before establishing any procedures under 
        paragraph (1), and not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, the Director 
        of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy, and the 
        Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense 
        shall provide a briefing on why provisions of chapter 33 of 
        title 41, United States Code, shall be waived for purposes of 
        carrying out the pilot program to--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Small Business and 
                Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
                    (D) the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
                Representatives.
    (e) Use of Contract Vehicle.--A multiple task or delivery order 
contract described in subsection (b) may be used by any service or 
component of the Department of Defense.
    (f) Policy Directive.--After implementation of the pilot program, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall update the 
SBIR and STTR program policy directives issued under subsections (j) 
and (p) of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) to 
reflect programmatic changes at the Department of Defense.
    (g) Termination.--The pilot program established under this section 
shall terminate on September 30, 2022.
    (h) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services 
produced by a small business concern under an SBIR or STTR program of a 
Federal agency through--
            (1) direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program;
            (2) awards made under the Rapid Innovation Fund; or
            (3) any other contract vehicle.
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