56 1 SEC 142 AUTHORITY FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DIS- 2 POSAL UNITS TO ACQUIRE NEW OR EMERG- 3 ING TECHNOLOGIES AND CAPABILITIES 4 The Secretary of Defense may provide Explosive Ord- 5 nance Disposal EOD units with the authority to acquire 6 new or emerging EOD technologies and capabilities that are 7 not specifically listed on the Table of Allowance TOA or 8 Table of Equipment TOE 13 TITLE II--RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations 14 SEC 201 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 9 10 11 12 15 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis- 16 cal year 2018 for the use of the Department of Defense for 17 research development test and evaluation as specified in 18 the funding table in section 4201 20 Subtitle B--Program Requirements Restrictions and Limitations 21 SEC 211 MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECH- 22 NICAL TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC 23 INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF 24 DEFENSE MISSIONS 25 a ARRANGEMENTS AUTHORIZED -- 19 HR 2810 PAP 57 1 1 IN GENERAL --The Secretary of Defense may 2 establish one or more multi-institution task order con- 3 tracts consortia cooperative agreements or other ar- 4 rangements to facilitate expedited access to university 5 technical expertise including faculty staff and stu- 6 dents in support of Department of Defense missions 7 in the areas specified in subsection e 8 9 2 USE FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSES AND ENGI- NEERING SUPPORT --The Secretary may use an ar- 10 rangement under paragraph 1 to fund technical 11 analyses and other engineering support as required to 12 address acquisition and operational challenges in- 13 cluding support for classified programs and activities 14 3 PERFORMANCE BY DESIGNATED UNIVERSITY 15 PERFORMER --The 16 awarded through an arrangement under paragraph 17 1 is performed primarily by the designated univer- 18 sity performer 19 b LIMITATION --An arrangement established under Secretary shall ensure that work 20 subsection a 1 may not be used to fund research pro21 grams that can be executed through other Department of 22 Defense basic research activities 23 c CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT OF 24 DEFENSE ACTIVITIES --An arrangement established under 25 subsection a 1 shall to the degree practicable be made HR 2810 PAP 58 1 in consultation with other Department of Defense activities 2 including federally funded research and development centers 3 FFRDCs university affiliated research centers UARCs 4 and Defense laboratories and test centers for purposes of 5 providing technical expertise and reducing costs and dupli6 cative efforts 7 d POLICIES AND PROCEDURES --If the Secretary es- 8 tablishes one or more arrangements under subsection a 1 9 the Secretary shall establish and implement policies and 10 procedures to govern-- 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 selection of participants in the arrangement or arrangements 2 the awarding of task orders under the arrangement or arrangements 3 maximum award size for tasks under the arrangement or arrangements 17 4 the appropriate use of competitive awards 18 and sole source awards under the arrangement or ar- 19 rangements and 20 5 technical areas under the arrangement or ar- 21 rangements 22 e MISSION AREAS --The areas specified in this sub- 23 section are as follows 24 1 Cybersecurity 25 2 Air and ground vehicles HR 2810 PAP 59 1 3 Shipbuilding 2 4 Explosives detection and defeat 3 5 Undersea warfare 4 6 Trusted electronics 5 7 Unmanned systems 6 8 Directed energy 7 9 Energy power and propulsion 8 10 Management science and operations re- 9 search 10 11 Artificial intelligence 11 12 Data analytics 12 13 Business systems 13 14 Technology transfer and transition 14 15 Biological engineering and genetic enhance- 15 ment 16 16 High performance computing 17 17 Materials science and engineering 18 18 Quantum information sciences 19 19 Special operations activities 20 20 Modeling and simulation 21 21 Autonomous systems 22 22 Model based engineering 23 23 Such other areas as the Secretary considers 24 appropriate HR 2810 PAP 60 1 f SUNSET --The authorities under this section shall 2 expire on September 30 2020 3 4 g ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION A 1 DEFINED --In this section the term ''ar- 5 rangement established under subsection a 1 '' means a 6 multi-institution task order contract consortia cooperative 7 agreement or other arrangement established under sub8 section a 1 9 SEC 212 CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORI- 10 TIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DEFENSE LAB- 11 ORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP- 12 MENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILITARY MIS- 13 SIONS 14 a IN GENERAL --Chapter 139 of title 10 United 15 States Code is amended by inserting after section 2362 the 16 following new section 17 '' 2363 Mechanisms to provide funds for defense lab18 oratories for research and development of 19 technologies for military missions 20 '' a MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDS -- 1 The Sec- 21 retary of Defense in consultation with the Secretaries of 22 the military departments shall establish mechanisms under 23 which the director of a defense laboratory may use an 24 amount of funds equal to not less than two percent and HR 2810 PAP 61 1 not more than four percent of all funds available to the de2 fense laboratory for the following purposes 3 '' A To fund innovative basic and applied re- 4 search that is conducted at the defense laboratory and 5 supports military missions 6 '' B To fund development programs that sup- 7 port the transition of technologies developed by the de- 8 fense laboratory into operational use 9 '' C To fund workforce development activities 10 that improve the capacity of the defense laboratory to 11 recruit and retain personnel with necessary scientific 12 and engineering expertise that support military mis- 13 sions 14 '' D To fund the revitalization recapitalization 15 or minor military construction of the laboratory in- 16 frastructure and equipment in accordance with sub- 17 section b 18 '' 2 The mechanisms established under paragraph 1 19 shall provide that funding shall be used under paragraph 20 1 at the discretion of the director of a defense laboratory 21 in consultation with the science and technology executive 22 of the military department concerned 23 '' 3 After consultation with the science and technology 24 executive of the military department concerned the director 25 of a defense laboratory may charge customer activities a HR 2810 PAP 62 1 fixed percentage fee in addition to normal costs of perform2 ance in order to obtain funds to carry out activities author3 ized by this subsection The fixed fee may not exceed four 4 percent of costs 5 '' b AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 6 PROJECTS -- 1 Subject to the provisions of this subsection 7 funds available under a mechanism under subsection 8 a 1 D that are solely intended to carry out a laboratory 9 infrastructure project shall be available for such project 10 until expended 11 '' 2 Funds shall be available in accordance with para- 12 graph 1 for a project referred to in such paragraph only 13 if the Secretary notifies the congressional defense commit14 tees of the total cost of the project before the date on which 15 the Secretary uses a mechanism under subsection a 1 D 16 for such project 17 '' 3 Funds may accumulate under a mechanism 18 under subsection a for a project referred to in paragraph 19 1 for not more than five years 20 '' 4 The Secretary shall ensure that a project referred 21 to in paragraph 1 for which funds are made available 22 in accordance with such paragraph complies with the ap23 plicable cost limitations in the following provisions of law 24 25 '' A Section 2805 d of this title with respect to revitalization and recapitalization projects HR 2810 PAP 63 1 2 '' B Section 2811 of this title with respect to repair projects 3 '' C Section 2802 of this title with respect to 4 construction projects that exceed the cost specified in 5 subsection a 2 of section 2805 of this title for cer- 6 tain unspecified minor military construction projects 7 for laboratories 8 '' c ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY --Not 9 later than March 1 of each year the Secretary of Defense 10 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re11 port on the use of the authority under subsection a during 12 the preceding year '' 13 b CLERICAL AMENDMENT --The table of sections at 14 the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 15 inserting after the item relating to section 2362 the fol16 lowing new item ''2363 Mechanisms to provide funds for defense laboratories for research and development of technologies for military missions '' 17 c CONFORMING AMENDMENTS -- 1 Section 219 of 18 the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 19 Fiscal Year 2009 Public Law 110-417 10 U S C 2358 20 note is hereby repealed 21 2 Section 2805 d 1 B of title 10 United States 22 Code is amended by striking ''under section 219 a of the 23 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for HR 2810 PAP 64 1 Fiscal Year 2009 Public Law 110-417 10 U S C 2358 2 note '' and inserting ''section 2363 a of this title'' 3 SEC 213 MODIFICATION OF LABORATORY QUALITY EN- 4 5 HANCEMENT PROGRAM a IN GENERAL --Section 211 of the National Defense 6 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114- 7 328 is amended-- 8 1 in subsection a 1 -- 9 10 A in subparagraph A by striking '' and'' and inserting a semicolon 11 12 B in subparagraph B by striking the semicolon and inserting '' and'' and 13 14 C by adding at the end the following new subparagraph 15 '' C new interpretations of existing statutes 16 and regulations that would enhance the ability of 17 a director of a science and technology reinven- 18 tion laboratory to manage the facility and dis- 19 charge the mission of the laboratory '' 20 2 in subsection d by adding at the end the 21 following new paragraph 22 '' 3 A Each panel described in paragraph 1 2 23 or 3 of subsection b shall submit to the panel described 24 in paragraph 4 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