[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2863. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 
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. ___. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROMOTING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF 
                   DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of 
     promoting the commercialization of dual-use technology, with 
     a focus on priority defense technology areas that attract 
     funding from venture capital firms in the United States.
       (b) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot 
     program at one or more leading universities that have 
     expertise in--
       (1) defense missions;
       (2) commercialization of technology; and
       (3) venture capital partnerships.
       (c) Scalability.--The Secretary shall ensure that the pilot 
     program is designed to be scalable.
       (d) Semiannual Reports.--Not less frequently than once 
     every six months for the first two years of the pilot 
     program, the Secretary shall brief the congressional defense 
     committees on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out 
     the pilot program
       (e) Authorities.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary may use the following authorities:
       (1) Section 1599g of title 10 of the United States Code, 
     relating to public-private talent exchanges.
       (2) Section 2368 of such title, relating to Centers for 
     Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnerships.
       (3) Section 2374a of such title, relating to prizes for 
     advanced technology achievements.
       (4) Section 2474 of such title, relating to Centers of 
     Industrial and Technical Excellence.
       (5) Section 2521 of such title, relating to the 
     Manufacturing Technology Program.
       (6) Section 225 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91).
       (7) Section 1711 of such Act, relating to a pilot program 
     on strengthening manufacturing in the defense industrial 
     base.
       (8) Section 1603 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 50 U.S.C. 2359), 
     relating to the Proof of Concept Commercialization Pilot 
     Program.
       (9) Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) and section 6305 of 
     title 31, United States Code, relating to cooperative 
     research and development agreements.
       (f) Funding.--
       (1) Additional funding.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section 201, National 
     Innovation Activities (PE 8888/line 300), for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation is hereby increased by 
     $5,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
     for commercialization of dual-use technology.
       (2) Availability.--The amount available under paragraph (1) 
     shall be available to carry out the pilot program required by 
     subsection (a).
       (3) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2019 by this Act for Army Training Information 
     Systems (PE 0605013A) for Army Information Technology 
     Development, as specified in the funding table in section 
     4201, is hereby decreased by $5,000,000.
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