National Defense Accelerator Network Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2109 To modify the proof of concept commercialization program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 11, 2019 Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To modify the proof of concept commercialization program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Ac- 4 celerator Network Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROOF OF CONCEPT COMMER- 6 CIALIZATION PROGRAM. 7 (a) MAKING THE PROGRAM PERMANENT.— 8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1603 of the Na- 9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2109.IS S2109 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2109 IS 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note) is 1 amended by striking subsection (g). 2 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 3 is further amended— 4 (A) in the section heading, by striking 5 ‘‘PILOT’’; 6 (B) in subsection (a)— 7 (i) by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; and 8 (ii) by striking ‘‘Pilot’’; and 9 (C) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap- 10 pears. 11 (b) ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.—Such section, as 12 amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 13 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OF 14 DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY’’ after ‘‘COMMER- 15 CIALIZATION’’; 16 (2) in subsection (a)— 17 (A) by inserting ‘‘of Dual-Use Technology’’ 18 before ‘‘Program’’; and 19 (B) by inserting ‘‘with a focus on priority 20 defense technology areas that attract public and 21 private sector funding, as well as private sector 22 investment capital, including from venture cap- 23 ital firms in the United States,’’ before ‘‘in ac- 24 cordance’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2109.IS S2109 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2109 IS (3) in subsection (c)(4)(A)(iv), by inserting ‘‘, 1 which may include access to venture capital’’ after 2 ‘‘award’’; 3 (4) by striking subsection (d); 4 (5) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub- 5 section (d); 6 (6) by striking subsection (f); and 7 (7) by adding at the end the following new sub- 8 section (e): 9 ‘‘(e) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 10 Secretary may use the following authorities: 11 ‘‘(1) Section 1599g of title 10 of the United 12 States Code, relating to public-private talent ex- 13 changes. 14 ‘‘(2) Section 2368 of such title, relating to Cen- 15 ters for Science, Technology, and Engineering Part- 16 nerships. 17 ‘‘(3) Section 2374a of such title, relating to 18 prizes for advanced technology achievements. 19 ‘‘(4) Section 2474 of such title, relating to Cen- 20 ters of Industrial and Technical Excellence. 21 ‘‘(5) Section 2521 of such title, relating to the 22 Manufacturing Technology Program. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2109.IS S2109 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 2109 IS ‘‘(6) Section 225 of the National Defense Au- 1 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 2 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). 3 ‘‘(7) Section 1711 of such Act (Public Law 4 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2505 note), relating to a pilot 5 program on strengthening manufacturing in the de- 6 fense industrial base. 7 ‘‘(8) Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech- 8 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) 9 and section 6305 of title 31, United States Code, re- 10 lating to cooperative research and development 11 agreements.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2109.IS S2109 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS