[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3313-S3314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4273. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 end of subtitle H of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STREAMLINED TECHNOLOGY 
                   TRANSITION FROM THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (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) 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 a multiple award contract 
     described in subsection (b);
       (3) the term ``multiple award contract'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 3302(a) of title 41, United States 
     Code;
       (4) the term ``pilot program'' means the pilot program 
     established under subsection (b); and
       (5) 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 Defense may 
     establish a pilot program under which the Department of 
     Defense shall award multiple award contracts to covered

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     small business concerns for the purchase of technologies, 
     supplies, or services that the covered small business concern 
     has developed through the SBIR or STTR program.
       (c) Waiver of Competition in Contracting Act 
     Requirements.--The Secretary of the Defense may establish 
     procedures to waive provisions of section 2304 of title 10, 
     United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot 
     program.
       (d) Use of Contract Vehicle.--A multiple award contract 
     described in subsection (b) may be used by any service or 
     component of the Department of Defense.
       (e) Termination.--The pilot program established under this 
     section shall terminate on September 30, 2022.
       (f) 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; 
     or
       (2) any other contract vehicle.
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