[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8247-S8248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4664. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 844. UNFUNDED SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH 
                   PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date on 
     which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
     submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
     United States Code, each Secretary of a military department 
     and the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
     Engineering shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the congressional 
     defense committees a report on unfunded priorities of the 
     Department of Defense related to high priority Small Business 
     Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer 
     projects.
       (b) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
     include identification of not more than five unfunded 
     priority projects, with information for each project covered 
     by such report, including the following information:
       (A) A summary description of such priority, including the 
     objectives to be achieved if such priority were to be funded 
     (whether in whole or in part).
       (B) The additional amount of funds recommended in 
     connection with the objectives identified under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (C) Account information with respect to such priority, 
     including, as applicable, the following:

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       (i) Line item number, in the case of applicable procurement 
     accounts.
       (ii) Program element number, in the case of applicable 
     research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.
       (iii) Sub-activity group, in the case of applicable 
     operation and maintenance accounts.
       (2) Priority order.--Each Secretary shall ensure that the 
     unfunded priorities covered by a report under subsection (a) 
     are listed in the order of urgency of priority, as determined 
     by the Under Secretary.
       (c) Unfunded Priority Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``unfunded priority'', with respect to a fiscal year, means a 
     project related to a successful project funded under Phase 
     Two of the Small Business Innovation Research or Small 
     Business Technology Transfer program that--
       (1) is not funded in the budget of the President for that 
     fiscal year, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
     1105 of title 31, United States Code;
       (2) has the potential to--
       (A) advance the national security capabilities of the 
     United States;
       (B) provide new technologies or processes, or new 
     applications of existing technologies, that will enable new 
     alternatives to existing programs; and
       (C) provide future cost savings; and
       (3) would have been recommended for funding through the 
     budget referred to in paragraph (1) if--
       (A) additional resources had been available for the budget 
     to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement; or
       (B) the program, activity, or mission requirement had 
     emerged before the budget was formulated.
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