Sec. 6. REPORT ON ADVERSARIAL MILITARY AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 6 REPORT ON ADVERSARIAL MILITARY AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS ###

(a)Covered Agency Defined In this section, the term “covered agency” means— ####

(1)the Department of Defense; ####

(2)the Department of Energy; ####

(3)the Department of Health and Human Services; or ####

(4)the National Science Foundation. ###

(b)Requirement ####

(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each covered agency shall submit a report assessing the adversarial military and foreign influences in the SBIR and STTR programs at the covered agency to— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Small Business, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)Department of health and human services The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 2 reports under paragraph (1)— #####

(A)1 assessing the adversarial military and foreign influences in the SBIR and STTR programs of the National Institutes of Health; and #####

(B)1 assessing the adversarial military and foreign influences in the SBIR and STTR programs of the Department of Health and Human Services other than those of the National Institutes of Health. ###

(c)Contents Each report submitted by a covered agency under subsection

(b)shall include an analysis of— ####

(1)the national security and research and integrity risks of the SBIR and STTR programs of the covered agency; and ####

(2)the capability of such covered agency to identify and mitigate such risks. ###

(d)Form Each report submitted under subsection

(b)shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(e)Independent Entity Contracting The head of each covered agency, in coordination with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, may enter into a contract with an independent entity to prepare a report required under subsection (b).