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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle E--Industrial Base Matters

P. L. 116-92

House Conference Report 116-333

(a) Establishment.--The Commander of the United States Special Operations Command may use the greater of $2,000,000 or 5 percent of the funds required to be expended by the United States Special Operations Command under section 9(f)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(f)(1)) for a pilot program to increase participation by small business concerns in the development of technology-enhanced capabilities for special operations forces.

(b) Use of Partnership Intermediary.--

(1) Authorization.--The Commander of the United States Special Operations Command may modify an existing agreement with a partnership intermediary to assist the Commander in carrying out the pilot program under this section, including with respect to the award of contracts and agreements to small business concerns.

(2) Use of funds.--None of the funds referred to in subsection

(a) shall be used to pay a partnership intermediary for any administrative costs associated with the pilot program.

(c) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2020, and October 1, 2021, the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing any agreement with a partnership intermediary entered into pursuant to this section. The report shall include, for each such agreement, the amount of funds obligated, an identification of the recipient of such funds, and a description of the use of such funds.

(d) Termination.--The authority to carry out a pilot program under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2021.

(e) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Partnership intermediary.--The term ``partnership intermediary'' has the meaning given the term in section 23(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3715(c)).

(2) Small business concern.--The term ``small business concern'' has the meaning given the term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

(3) Small business innovation research program.--The term ``Small Business Innovation Research Program'' has the meaning given the term in section 9(e)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)).

(4) Small business technology transfer program.--The term ``Small Business Technology Transfer Program'' has the meaning given the term in section 9(e)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)).

(5) Technology-enhanced capability.--The term ``technology-enhanced capability'' means a product, concept, or process that improves the ability of a member of the Armed Forces to achieve an assigned mission.

The House amendment contained a provision (sec. 879) that would authorize the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command to use not more than 5 percent of funds required to be expended by the Department of Defense relating to small businesses for a pilot program to increase participation by small business concerns in the development of technology-enhanced capabilities for special operations forces. The
authority would terminate on September 30, 2021.

The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would revise the authority of the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command to use the greater of $2.0 million or 5 percent of funds required to be expended by the Department of Defense relating to small businesses for the pilot program and limits the scope to contracts and agreements to small business concerns.

House Report 116-120

Section 879--Pilot Program for Development of Technology-Enhanced Capabilities with Partnership Intermediaries

This section would authorize the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command to use not more than 5 percent of funds required to be expended by the Department of Defense relating to small businesses for a pilot program to increase participation by small business concerns in the development of technology-enhanced capabilities for special operations forces.

The authority would terminate on September 30, 2021.