Sec. 214. Use of partnership intermediaries to promote defense research and education
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Chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense or the head of another department or agency of the Federal Government concerned, the head of a Federal laboratory or research center may— enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or other transaction with a partnership intermediary that provides for the partnership intermediary to perform services for the Department of Defense that increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities of the laboratory or center with industry or academic institutions; and pay the Federal costs of such contract, memorandum or understanding, or other transaction out of funds made available for the support of the technology transfer function of the laboratory or center.
In this section: Term Federal laboratory or research center means— a Federal laboratory; or a federally funded research and development center that is not a laboratory. The term laboratory has the meaning given that term in section 12(d)(2) the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2) ). The term partnership intermediary means an agency of a State or local government, or a nonprofit entity owned in whole or in part by, chartered by, funded in whole or in part by, or operated in whole or in part by or on behalf of a State or local government, that— assists, counsels, advises, evaluates, or otherwise cooperates with industry or academic institutions that need or can make demonstrably productive use of technology-related assistance from a Federal laboratory or research center; facilitates technology transfer or transition from industry or academic institutions to a Federal laboratory or research center; assists and facilitates workforce development in critical technology areas for prototyping or technology transition activities to fulfill unmet needs of a Federal laboratory or research center; or facilitates improvements to intellectual property owned by the Federal laboratory or research center, such as improvements to the quality, value, flexibility, utility, or complexity of such intellectual property. .
Section 4124 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsection (f); and by redesignating subsections
(g)and
(h)as subsections
(f)and (g), respectively.
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