Sec. 215. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
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## SEC. 215 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ###
(a)Designation of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as the Official With Principal Responsibility for Development and Demonstration of Directed Energy Weapons Subsection (a)(1) of section 219 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended by striking “Not later” and all that follows through “Department of Defense” and inserting “The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall serve”. ###
(b)Prototyping and Demonstration Program Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(c) Prototyping and Demonstration Program > > > #### “(1) Establishment > > The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary, shall establish a program on the prototyping and demonstration of directed energy weapon systems to build and maintain the military superiority of the United States by— > > > ##### “(A) > > accelerating, when feasible, the fielding of directed energy weapon prototypes that would help counter technological advantages of potential adversaries of the United States; and > > > ##### “(B) > > supporting the military departments, the combatant commanders, and other relevant defense agencies and entities in developing prototypes and demonstrating operational utility of high energy lasers and high powered microwave weapon systems. > > > #### “(2) Guidelines > > > #####
(A)> > Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Under Secretary shall issue guidelines for the operation of the program established under paragraph (1), including the following: > > > ###### “(i) > > Criteria required for an application for funding by a military department, defense agency or entity, or a combatant command. > > > ###### “(ii) > > The priorities, based on validated requirements or capability gaps, for fielding prototype directed energy weapon system technologies developed by research funding of the Department or industry. > > > ###### “(iii) > > Criteria for evaluation of an application for funding or changes to policies or acquisition and business practices by such a department, agency, or command for purposes of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the program. > > > ##### “(B) > > Funding for a military department, defense agency, or combatant command under the program established under paragraph
(1)may only be available for advanced technology development, prototyping, and demonstrations in which the Department of Defense maintains management of the technical baseline and a primary emphasis on technology transition and evaluating military utility to enhance the likelihood that the particular directed energy weapon system will meet the Department end user’s need. > > > #### “(3) Applications for funding > > > #####
(A)> > Not less frequently than once each year, the Under Secretary shall solicit from the heads of the military departments, the defense agencies, and the combatant commands applications for funding under the program established under paragraph
(1)to be used to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transaction agreements entered into pursuant to section 2371b of title 10, United States Code, with appropriate entities for the prototyping or commercialization of technologies. > > > ##### “(B) > > Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any official of the Department of Defense to provide funding under the program to any congressional earmark as defined pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or any congressionally directed spending item as defined pursuant to paragraph 5 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. > > > #### “(4) Funding > > > #####
(A)> > Except as provided in subparagraph
(B)and subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, of the funds authorized to be appropriated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for research, development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide, up to $100,000,000 may be available to the Under Secretary to allocate to the military departments, the defense agencies, and the combatant commands to carry out the program established under paragraph (1). > > > ##### “(B) > > Not more than half of the amounts made available under subparagraph
(A)may be allocated as described in such paragraph until the Under Secretary— > > > ###### “(i) > > develops the strategic plan required by subsection (a)(2)(A); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > submits such strategic plan to the congressional defense committees. > > > #### “(5) Under secretary defined > > In this subsection, the term ‘Under Secretary’ means the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Under Secretary’s capacity as the official with principal responsibility for the development and demonstration of directed energy weapons pursuant to subsection (a)(1).” > .
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
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