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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1841

Sec. 1841. Research and engineering generally

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Part V of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 801 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ), is amended— by striking subparts E and F; and by inserting after subpart D the following new subpart E: Sec. 4001. Research and development projects. 4002. Research projects: transactions other than contracts and grants. 4003. Authority of the Department of Defense to carry out certain prototype projects. 4004.
Procurement for experimental purposes. 4005. Reserved . 4006. Reserved . 4007. Science and technology programs to be conducted so as to foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation. 4008. Merit-based award of grants for research and development. 4009. Technology protection features activities. 4010. Reserved . 4011. Reserved . 4012. Reserved . 4013. Reserved . 4014. Coordination and communication of defense research activities and technology domain awareness. 4015.
Award of grants and contracts to colleges and universities: requirement of competition. . The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A, and at the beginning of part V of subtitle A, of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking the items relating to subparts E and F and inserting the following: 301. Research and Engineering Generally 303. Innovation 305. Department of Defense Laboratories 307. Research and Development Centers and Facilities 309. Test and Evaluation .
Sections 2358, 2371, 2371b and 2373 of title 10, United States Code, are transferred to chapter 301 of such title, as added by subsection (a), inserted (in that order) after the table of sections, and redesignated as sections 4001, 4002, 4003, and 4004, respectively. Section 4001 of such title, as transferred and redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended— in subsection (b)(5), by striking sections 2371 or 2371b and inserting sections 4002 or 4003 ; in subsection (b)(6), by striking section 2373 and inserting sections 4004 ; and in subsection (d), by striking sections 2371 and 2371a and inserting sections 4002 and 4143 .
Section 4002 of such title, as so transferred and redesignated, is amended by striking section 2358 each place it appears and inserting section 4001 . Section 4003 of such title, as so transferred and redesignated, is amended by striking section 2371 in subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(3)(A) and inserting section 4002 . Sections 2359, 2374, 2357, and 2361 of title 10, United States Code, are transferred to chapter 301 of such title, as added by subsection (a), added (in that order) after section 4004, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (b), and redesignated as sections 4007, 4008, 4009, and 4015, respectively.
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(a)of section 2364 of title 10, United States Code, are transferred to chapter 301 of such title, as so amended, inserted after section 4009, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (c), and redesignated as section 4014. Section 4014, as redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: In this section, the term Defense research facility has the meaning given that term by section 4142(b) of this title. . Sections 1746(d)(1) and 2165(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking section 2358 and inserting section 4001 . Section 218(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by striking section 2371b and inserting section 4003 .
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