Sec. 215. Codification of the National Security Innovation Network
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Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2358b the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program office to be known as the National Security Innovation Network (referred to in this section as the Network ). The Secretary shall establish the Network within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering or within the office of another principal staff assistant to the Secretary. The responsibilities of the Network shall be— to create a network throughout the United States that connects the Department of Defense to academic institutions, commercial accelerators and incubators, commercial innovation hubs, and nonprofit entities with missions relating to national security innovation; to expand the national security innovation base through integrated, project-based problem solving that leads to novel concept and solution development for the Department and facilitates dual-use venture creation; to accelerate the adoption of novel concepts and solutions by facilitating dual-use technology advancement to improve acquisition and procurement outcomes; to work in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, other principal staff assistants within the Office of the Secretary, and the Armed Forces to create new pathways and models of national security service that facilitate term, temporary, and permanent employment within the Department for— students and graduates in the fields of science, technology, arts, engineering, and mathematics; early-career and mid-career technologists; and entrepreneurs for purposes of project-based work; to generate novel concepts and solutions to problems and requirements articulated by entities within the Department through programs, such as the Hacking for Defense program, that combine end users from the Department, students and faculty from academic institutions, and the early-stage dual-use venture community; to establish physical locations throughout the United States through which the Network will connect with academic and private sector partners for the purposes of carrying the responsibilities described in paragraphs
(1)through (5); and to carry out such other activities as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the head of the Network, determines to be relevant to such responsibilities. In addition to the authorities provided under this section, in carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense may use the following authorities: Section 1599g of this title relating to public-private talent exchanges. Section 2368 of this title, relating to Centers for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnerships. Section 2374a of this title, relating to prizes for advanced technology achievements. Section 2474 of this title, relating to Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. Section 2521 of this title, relating to the Manufacturing Technology Program. Subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, relating to assignments to and from States. Chapter 47 of such title, relating to personnel research programs and demonstration projects. Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710a ) and section 6305 of title 31 relating to cooperative research and development agreements. Such other authorities as the Secretary considers appropriate. In this section: The term dual-use venture means a business that provides products or services that are capable of meeting requirements for military and nonmilitary applications. The term early-stage dual-use venture means a business that provides products or services that are capable of meeting requirements for military and nonmilitary applications that has raised not more than $20,000,000 in private venture capital, and whose principal product or service does not support, either directly or indirectly, a current Department of Defense program of record. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2358b the following new item: 2358c. National Security Innovation Network. . The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the National Security Innovation Network established under section 2358c of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) such personnel, resources, and functions of other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out such section. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Security Innovation Network of the Department of Defense (as in existence on the day before such date of enactment) shall be transferred to and merged with the National Security Innovation Network established under section 2358c of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for implementing the National Security Innovation Network under section 2358c of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)). The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Plans for any transfers the Secretary intends to carry out under paragraph (1). Plans for the funding, integration, and evaluation of the Network, including plans for— future funding and administrative support of the Network; integration of the Network into the programming, planning, budgeting, and execution process of the Department of Defense; integration of the Network with the other programs and initiatives within the Department that have missions relating to innovation and outreach to the academic and the private sector early-stage dual-use venture community (as defined in section 2358c of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and performance indicators by which the Network will be assessed and evaluated. A description of any additional authorities the Secretary may require to ensure that the Network is able to effectively carry out the responsibilities specified in section 2358c(c) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)). Not later than 180 days after the date on which the implementation plan is submitted under subsection (b)(3), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— complete a review of the implementation plan; submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the review. Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— complete an evaluation of the National Security Innovation Network under section 2358c of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the results of the evaluation. In this paragraph, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
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