Sec. 217. MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS
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## SEC. 217 MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2358 note](/us/usc/t10/s2358)**]** ###
(a)Arrangements Authorized ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the secretaries of the military departments to establish not fewer than four multi-institution task order contracts, consortia, cooperative agreements, or other arrangements to facilitate expedited access to university technical expertise, including faculty, staff, and students, in support of Department of Defense missions in the areas specified in subsection (e). ####
(2)Coordination In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense may act through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or any other organization or element of the Department of Defense the Secretary considers appropriate. ####
(3)Use for technical analyses and engineering support The Secretary may use an arrangement under paragraph
(1)to fund technical analyses and other engineering support as required to address acquisition, management, training, and operational challenges, including support for classified programs and activities. ###
(b)Limitation An arrangement established under subsection (a)(1) may not be used to fund research programs that can be executed through other Department of Defense basic research activities. ###
(c)Consultation With Other Organizations For the purposes of providing technical expertise and reducing costs and duplicative efforts, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments shall work to ensure and support the sharing of information on the research and consulting that is being carried out across the Federal Government in Department-wide shared information systems including the Defense Technical Information Center. ###
(d)Policies and Procedures If the Secretary of Defense or a secretary of a military department establishes one or more arrangements under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement policies and procedures to govern— ####
(1)selection of participants in the arrangement or arrangements; ####
(2)the awarding of task orders under the arrangement or arrangements; ####
(3)maximum award size for tasks under the arrangement or arrangements; ####
(4)the appropriate use of competitive awards and sole source awards under the arrangement or arrangements; and ####
(5)technical areas under the arrangement or arrangements. ###
(e)Mission Areas The areas specified in this subsection are as follows: ####
(1)Cybersecurity. ####
(2)Air and ground vehicles. ####
(3)Shipbuilding. ####
(4)Explosives detection and defeat. ####
(5)Undersea warfare. ####
(6)Trusted electronics. ####
(7)Unmanned systems. ####
(8)Directed energy. ####
(9)Energy, power, and propulsion. ####
(10)Management science and operations research. ####
(11)Artificial intelligence. ####
(12)Data analytics. ####
(13)Business systems. ####
(14)Technology transfer and transition. ####
(15)Biological engineering and genetic enhancement. ####
(16)High performance computing. ####
(17)Materials science and engineering. ####
(18)Quantum information sciences. ####
(19)Special operations activities. ####
(20)Modeling and simulation. ####
(21)Autonomous systems. ####
(22)Model based engineering. ####
(23)Space. ####
(24)Infrastructure resilience. ####
(25)Photonics. ####
(26)Autonomy. ####
(27)Rapid prototyping. ####
(28)Additive manufacturing. ####
(29)Hypersonics. ####
(30)3D and virtual technology training platforms. ####
(31)Nuclear science, security, and nonproliferation. ####
(32)Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense. ####
(33)Spectrum activities. ####
(34)Research security and integrity. ####
(35)Printed circuit boards. ####
(36)Such other areas as the Secretary considers appropriate. ###
(f)Requirement To Establish Consortia ####
(1)In general In carrying out subsection (a)(1)— #####
(A)the Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish at least one multi-institution consortium through the Office of the Secretary of Defense; #####
(B)the Secretary of the Army shall seek to establish at least one multi-institution consortium through the Army; #####
(C)the Secretary of the Navy shall seek to establish at least one multi-institution consortium through the Navy; and #####
(D)the Secretary of the Air Force shall seek to establish at least one multi-institution consortium through the Air Force. ####
(2)Report required Not later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the efforts to establish consortia under paragraph (1). ###
(g)Sunset No new arrangements may be entered into under subsection (a)(1) after September 30, 2028. ###
(h)Arrangements Established Under Subsection (a)(1) Defined In this section, the term “arrangement established under subsection (a)(1)” means a multi-institution task order contract, consortia, cooperative agreement, or other arrangement established under subsection (a)(1).
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MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS
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