[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4424. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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. MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL 
                   TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 
                   TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
     one or more multi-institution task order contracts, 
     consortia, cooperative agreements, or other arrangements to 
     facilitate expedited access to university technical expertise 
     in support of Department of Defense missions in the areas 
     specified in subsection (e). The Secretary may use this 
     arrangement to fund technical analyses and other engineering 
     support as required to address acquisition and operational 
     challenges, including support for classified programs and 
     activities. The Secretary shall ensure that work under task 
     orders awarded through the arrangement is performed primarily 
     by the designated university performer.
       (b) Limitation.--The arrangement established under 
     subsection (a) may not be used to fund research programs that 
     can be executed through other Department of Defense basic 
     research activities.
       (c) Coordination With Other Department of Defense 
     Activities.--The arrangement shall be made in coordination 
     with other Department of Defense activities, including 
     federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), 
     university affiliated research centers (UARCs), and Defense 
     laboratories and test centers, for purposes of providing 
     technical expertise and reducing costs and duplicative 
     efforts.
       (d) Policies and Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
     and implement policies and procedures to govern--
       (1) selection of participants in the arrangement;
       (2) the awarding of task orders under the arrangement;
       (3) maximum award size for tasks under the arrangement;
       (4) the appropriate use of competitive awards and sole 
     source awards under the arrangement; and
       (5) technical areas under the arrangement.
       (e) Mission Areas.--The Secretary may establish the 
     arrangement in any of the following technical areas:
       (1) Cybersecurity.
       (2) Air and ground vehicles.
       (3) Shipbuilding.
       (4) Explosives detection.
       (5) Modeling and simulation.
       (6) Undersea warfare.
       (7) Trusted microelectronics.
       (8) Unmanned systems.
       (9) Directed energy.
       (10) Energy, power, and propulsion.
       (11) Advanced materials.
       (12) Other areas as designated by the Secretary.
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