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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 222

Sec. 222. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL

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## SEC. 222 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL ###
(a)Limitation ####
(1)Operation and maintenance Of the funds specified in subsection (c)(1), not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the report under subsection (b). ####
(2)Research, development, test, and evaluation Of the funds specified in subsection (c)(2), not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report under subsection (b). ###
(b)Report Required The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental. Such report shall include the following: ####
(1)The charter and mission statement of the Unit. ####
(2)A description of— #####
(A)the management and operations of the Unit, including— ######
(i)the governance structure of the Unit; ######
(ii)the process for coordinating and deconflicting the activities of the Unit with similar activities of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, military departments, Defense Agencies, and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, including activities carried out by In-Q-Tel, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Department of Defense laboratories; ######
(iii)the direct staffing requirements of the Unit, including a description of the desired skills and expertise of such staff at each location; ######
(iv)the number of civilian and military personnel provided by the military departments and Defense Agencies to support the Unit; and ######
(v)any planned expansion to new sites, the metrics used to identify such sites, and an explanation of how such expansion will provide access to innovations of nontraditional defense contractors (as such term is defined in section 2302 of title 10, United States Code) that are not otherwise accessible; and #####
(B)policies and practices that will enable the Unit to best support Department of Defense missions, including— ######
(i)the metrics used to measure the effectiveness of the Unit; ######
(ii)how compliance with Department of Defense or Federal Government requirements could affect the ability of nontraditional defense contractors (as such term is defined in section 2302 of title 10, United States Code) to market products and obtain funding; ######
(iii)how to treat intellectual property that has been developed with little or no government funding; ######
(iv)detailed justification for the expansion of the mission of the Unit, including authority to use research and development agreements, contracts, and merit-based prize competitions to explore emerging technologies and additional physical locations; ######
(v)a description of how existing Department of Defense agencies, services, entities, and other elements are authorized to better use streamlined acquisition procedures, research and development agreements, contracts, and merit-based prize competitions to explore emerging technologies, including modification of guidance and procedures to permit effective and streamlined implementation of authorities provided by Congress for rapid execution; ######
(vi)an account of the successes and failures of contracts already awarded by the unit; ######
(vii)recommendations on practices, policies, and authorities that will permit increased public-private partnership in financing and funding of research and technology development efforts; and ######
(viii)a description of technology transition strategies to ensure that research and technology programs funded by the Unit will be effectively and efficiently transitioned into operational use or acquisition programs, including a description of the role of Defense laboratories in such technology transition efforts. ####
(3)Any other information the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ###
(c)Funds Specified The funds specified in this subsection are as follows: ####
(1)Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental. ####
(2)Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental.
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