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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 2670 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 803

Sec. 803. Principal technology transition advisor

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall designate a Principal Transition Advisor who shall advise the Secretary on the transition of technologies, including technologies from science and technology programs of the Department, private commercial entities, research institutions, and universities, to fulfill identified and potential warfighter requirements for the military department. The Principal Transition Advisor of a military department designated under subsection
(a)shall directly report to the Secretary of such military department. The Principal Transition Advisor of a military department designated under subsection
(a)shall do the following: Identify technologies being researched, developed, tested, or evaluated by science and technology programs of the Department, including Defense research facilities (as defined in section 4125(b) of title 10, United States Code), that the military department may use to meet identified and potential warfighter requirements. Consult with Department of Defense innovation programs to identify technologies from private commercial entities, research institutions, universities, and other entities to identify technologies that the military department may use to meet identified and potential warfighter requirements. Make recommendations to the Secretary of the military department regarding the acquisition of technologies identified under paragraphs
(1)and (2), including recommendations on the programs of the military department under which the military department should make the acquisitions. Inform program managers (as defined in section 1737 of title 10, United States Code) and other relevant acquisition officials of the military department of relevant technologies identified under paragraphs
(1)and (2). Develop and maintain metrics tracking the outcomes of projects and other activities of the military department for which the military department expended amounts designated as budget activity 6 (RDT&E management support) as that budget activity classification is set forth in volume 2B, chapter 5 of the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14-R). Not later than one year after the designation of the Principal Transition Advisor of a military department under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Principal Transition Advisor of such military department shall submit to Congress a report on the following for the one-year period preceding the submission of the report: The activities of the Principal Transition Advisor. The outcomes of projects and other activities described in subsection (c)(5), including the metrics described in such subsection. In this section: The term Department means the Department of Defense. The term Department of Defense innovation programs means the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense, AFWERX of the Air Force, and other programs sponsored by the Department of Defense, or any component thereof, with a focus on accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies for mission-relevant applications or innovation. The term military department has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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