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## SEC. 8027 ###

(a)None of the funds appropriated in this Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities. ###

(b)No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: * Provided*, That a member of any such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership duties. ###

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds available to the department from any source during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings not located on a military installation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include employee participation in community service and/or development. ###

(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available to the department during fiscal year 2022, not more than 6,119 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: * Provided*, That within such funds for 6,119 staff years, funds shall be available only for 1,148 staff years for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: * Provided further*, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: * Provided further*, That the limit on staff years in the matter preceding the first proviso in this subsection may be increased to 6,184, from within funds available to the Department during fiscal year 2022, no sooner than 60 days after the Secretary of Defense submits in writing to the congressional defense committees— ####

(1)a complete breakdown of actual staff years by program and primary sponsor for fiscal years 2020 and 2021; ####

(2)a complete breakdown of the estimated 6,184 staff years by program and primary sponsor for fiscal year 2022; ####

(3)a list of corrective actions planned and implemented following the 2019 Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering)-led FFRDC management review regarding the implementation of a strategic management process and continued independence of defense FFRDCs; and ####

(4)a plan to commission a near-term independent review and assessment of current FFRDC and potentially competitive non-FFRDC entities’ core competencies as compared to new or emerging requirements: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide a plan to commission a near-term independent review of current Department of Defense and military service workforce core competencies as compared to new or emerging requirements, to include a review of current and proposed workforce development, talent management, and professional military education initiatives and career options by June 15, 2022. ###

(e)The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC by program during that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates. ###

(f)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by $63,840,000: * Provided*, That this subsection shall not apply to appropriations for the National Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Program.