Sec. 265. Study on mechanisms for attracting and retaining high quality talent in the national security innovation base
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The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a program to attract and retain covered individuals for employment in the national security innovation base. The study required under subsection
(a)shall include an analysis of— mechanisms the Department of Defense may use to engage institutions of higher education to assist in the identification and recruitment of covered individuals for employment in the national security innovation base; monetary and nonmonetary incentives that may be provided to retain covered individuals in positions in the national security innovation base; methods that may be implemented to ensure the proper vetting of covered individuals; the number of covered individuals needed to advance the competitiveness of the research, development, test, and evaluation efforts of the Department of Defense in the critical technologies identified in the National Defense Strategy; and the type and amount of resources required to implement the program described in subsection (a). Not later than February 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). In this section: The term national security innovation base the means the network of persons and organizations, including Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, federally funded research and development centers, defense industrial base entities, nonprofit organizations, commercial entities, and venture capital firms that are engaged in the military and nonmilitary research, development, funding, and production of innovative technologies that support the national security of the United States. The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The term covered individual means an individual who— is employed by a United States employer and engaged in work to promote and protect the national security innovation base; is engaged in basic or applied research, funded by the Department of Defense, through an institution of higher education in the United States; and possesses scientific or technical expertise that will advance the development of critical technologies identified in the National Defense Strategy or the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy, required by section 218 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 132 Stat. 1679).
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Study on mechanisms for attracting and retaining high quality talent in the national security innovation base
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