Sec. 1793. REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON CERTAIN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO THE UNITED STATES MAINTAINING SUPERIOR MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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## SEC. 1793 REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON CERTAIN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO THE UNITED STATES MAINTAINING SUPERIOR MILITARY CAPABILITIES ###
(a)Review Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency, and such other appropriate research entities as the Secretary and the Director may identify, shall— ####
(1)jointly carry out and complete a review of key national security technology capability advantages, competitions, and gaps between the United States and “near peer” nations; ####
(2)develop a definition of “near peer nation” for purposes of paragraph (1); and ####
(3)submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the findings of the Secretary and the Director with respect to the review conducted under paragraph (1). ###
(b)Elements The review conducted under paragraph
(1)of subsection (a), and the report required by paragraph
(3)of that subsection, shall identify, at a minimum, the following: ####
(1)Key United States industries and research and development activities expected to be critical to maintaining a national security technology capability if, during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director anticipate that— #####
(A)a United States industrial base shortfall will exist; and #####
(B)United States industry will be unable to or otherwise will not provide the needed capacity in a timely manner without financial assistance from the United States Government through existing statutory authorities specifically intended for that purpose, including assistance provided under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) and other appropriate authorities. ####
(2)Key areas in which the United States currently enjoys a technological advantage. ####
(3)Key areas in which the United States no longer enjoys a technological advantage. ####
(4)Sectors of the defense industrial base in which the United States lacks adequate productive capacity to meet critical national defense needs. ####
(5)Priority areas for which appropriate statutory industrial base incentives should be applied as the most cost-effective, expedient, and practical alternative for meeting the technology or defense industrial base needs identified under this subsection, including— #####
(A)sustainment of critical production and supply chain capabilities; #####
(B)commercialization of research and development investments; #####
(C)scaling of emerging technologies; and #####
(D)other areas as determined by the Secretary and the Director. ####
(6)Priority funding recommendations with respect to key areas that the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, determines are— #####
(A)critical to the United States maintaining superior military capabilities, especially with respect to potential peer and near peer military or economic competitors, during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and #####
(B)suitable for long-term investment from funds made available under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 and other appropriate statutory authorities. ###
(c)Form of Report The report required by subsection (a)(3) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###
(d)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ### DIVISION B MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
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REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON CERTAIN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO THE UNITED STATES MAINTAINING SUPERIOR MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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