Sec. 222. ADVISORY ROLE OF JASON SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP
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## SEC. 222 ADVISORY ROLE OF JASON SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP ###
(a)Ongoing Engagement of Certain Scientific Advisory Personnel ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall seek to engage the members of the independent, private scientific advisory group known as “JASON” as advisory personnel to provide advice, on an ongoing basis, on matters involving science, technology, and national security, including methods to defeat existential and technologically-amplified threats to national security. ####
(2)Availability to other federal agencies At the request of a Federal agency outside the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to make personnel engaged under paragraph
(1)available to such agency for the purpose of providing advice to the agency on the matters described in such subsection. ###
(b)Arrangement for Conduct of National Security Studies and Analysis ####
(1)In general Pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall seek to enter into an arrangement under which JASON may provide national security research studies and other analyses to the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies to meet mission requirements and agency needs. ####
(2)Form of arrangement The arrangement entered into under paragraph
(1)shall be in a form the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment determines to be appropriate for the Department of Defense, which may include a contract, a grant, a cooperative agreement, the use of other transaction authority under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, or another such arrangement. ####
(3)Timing of arrangement The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into the arrangement under paragraph
(1)not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ####
(4)Terms of arrangement The arrangement entered into under paragraph
(1)shall— #####
(A)if specifically negotiated as part of the arrangement, provide for the Department of Defense to reimburse the entity supporting JASON for all or a portion of the overhead costs incurred in support of the arrangement; #####
(B)allow Federal Government entities outside the Department of Defense with responsibilities relating to national security to seek to engage JASON to perform individual studies relating to national security matters as part of the arrangement; and #####
(C)require that a Federal agency that engages JASON to perform a study under the arrangement will fully fund such study, including a proportional percentage to the total overhead costs incurred under the arrangement. ####
(5)Limitation on termination #####
(A)In general The Secretary of Defense may not terminate the arrangement under paragraph
(1)until a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary— ######
(i)notifies the congressional defense committees of the intent of the Secretary to terminate the arrangement; and ######
(ii)submits the report required under subparagraph (B). #####
(B)Report required ######
(i)In general If the Secretary of Defense determines that the arrangement under paragraph
(1)should be terminated, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the proposed termination of the arrangement. ######
(ii)Elements The report required under clause
(i)shall include the following: ######
(I)A summary of the execution of research projects conducted by JASON over the four fiscal years preceding the date of the report, including the projects requested by the Department of Defense and the projects requested by other Federal agencies. ######
(II)An analysis of the costs to the Department of Defense of maintaining the arrangement under which JASON provided national security research studies, including any overhead costs incurred by the Department or shared among Federal agencies over the four fiscal years preceding the date of the report. ######
(III)A timeline for the potential transition or termination of the activities, functions, and expertise provided by JASON under the arrangement. ######
(IV)An assessment of the impact that the termination of the arrangement with JASON will have on defense research studies and analytical capabilities, including a mitigation plan that identifies where alternative and comparable scientific advice and expertise is available and a comparison of the costs associated with each alternative. ######
(iii)Form of report The report required under clause
(i)may be submitted in unclassified or classified form. ####
(6)Annual summary report Not later than March 1 of each year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— #####
(A)a summary of expenditures made under the arrangement with JASON under paragraph (1); and #####
(B)a summary of the studies and other activities carried out by JASON pursuant to such arrangement in the preceding calendar year.