[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3402-S3403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 950. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 2__. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS PERFORMING 
                   RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Research and Development Projects.--Section 4001 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a 
     statement, press release, request for proposals, bid 
     solicitation, or other document describing a project or 
     program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal 
     funding, a person performing a research or development 
     project under paragraph (1) or (5) of subsection (b) shall 
     clearly state the following:
       ``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or 
     project financed with Federal funding.
       ``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the 
     project or program.
       ``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs 
     of the project or program that will be financed from 
     nongovernmental sources.''.
       (b) Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Under 
     Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.--Section 
     4026 of such title is amended--

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       (1) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense'';
       (2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), in 
     the second sentence, by striking ``Technology may'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(b) Technology Transfer.--Technology may''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a 
     statement, press release, request for proposals, bid 
     solicitation, or other document describing a project or 
     program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal 
     funding, a person performing a research or development 
     project pursuant to a cooperative research and development 
     agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall clearly 
     state the following:
       ``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or 
     project financed with Federal funding.
       ``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the 
     project or program.
       ``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs 
     of the project or program that will be financed from 
     nongovernmental sources.''.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of Defense should direct the operating 
     divisions of the Department of Defense to design and 
     implement processes to manage and administer grantees' 
     compliance with the requirements added by this section, 
     including determining to what extent to provide guidance to 
     grantees on calculations.
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