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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 · Sec. 220

Sec. 220. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATORS INFORMATION REPOSITORY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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## SEC. 220 ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATORS INFORMATION REPOSITORY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE **[**[10 U.S.C. 2364 note](/us/usc/t10/s2364)**]** ###
(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the Defense Technical Information Center, establish an innovators information repository within the Department of Defense in accordance with this section. ###
(b)Maintenance of Information Repository The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall maintain the information repository and ensure that it is periodically updated in accordance with subsection (e). ###
(c)Elements of Information Repository The information repository established under subsection
(a)shall— ####
(1)be coordinated across the Department of Defense to focus on small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), including— #####
(A)participants in the Small Business Innovation Research Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program established under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638); #####
(B)participants in the pilot program established under section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 or the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve of the Department of Defense; and #####
(C)small business concerns that are nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in section 3014 of title 10, United States Code) that work with research, innovation, and advanced project entities; ####
(2)include appropriate information about each participant, including a description of— #####
(A)the need or requirement applicable to the participant; #####
(B)the participant’s technology with appropriate technical detail and appropriate protections of proprietary information or data; #####
(C)any prior business of the participant with the Department; #####
(D)whether the participant’s technology was incorporated into a program of record; #####
(E)the date of the initial award to the participant from the Department of Defense; and #####
(F)the dates of any additional awards made to the participant by the Department of Defense, including the dates of any contracts or other agreements entered into between the participant the Department of Defense; and ####
(3)incorporate the appropriate classification due to compilation of information. ###
(d)Use of Information Repository After the information repository is established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall encourage use of the information repository by Department organizations involved in technology development and protection, including program offices, before initiating a Request for Information or a Request for Proposal to determine whether an organic technology exists or is being developed currently by a an entity supported by the Department (which may include a company, academic consortium, or other entity). ###
(e)Updates Required Not less frequently than once each fiscal quarter and subject to the availability of appropriations, the head of the Defense Technical Information Center, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall update the innovators information repository established under this section.
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