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SEC. 881. GREATER INTEGRATION OF THE
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Plan Required.—Not later than January
1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan to reduce
the barriers to the seamless integration between the persons and
organizations that comprise the national technology and
industrial base (as defined in section 2500 of title 10, United
States Code). The plan shall include at a minimum the following
elements:
(1) A description of the various
components of the national technology and industrial base,
including government entities, universities, nonprofit
research entities, nontraditional and commercial item
contractors, and private contractors that conduct commercial
and military research, produce commercial items that could be
used by the Department of Defense, and produce items
designated and controlled under section 38 of the Arms Export
Control Act (also known as the “United States Munitions
List”).
(2) Identification of the barriers to the seamless integration
of the transfer of knowledge, goods, and services among the
persons and organizations of the national technology and
industrial base.
(3) Identification of current authorities that could
contribute to further integration of the persons and
organizations of the national technology and industrial base,
and a plan to maximize the use of those authorities.
(4) Identification of changes in export control rules,
procedures, and laws that would enhance the civil-military
integration policy objectives set forth in section 2501(b) of
title 10, United States Code, for the national technology and
industrial base to increase the access of the Armed Forces to
commercial products, services, and research and create
incentives necessary for nontraditional and commercial item
contractors, universities, and nonprofit research entities to
modify commercial products or services to meet Department of
Defense requirements.
(5) Recommendations for increasing integration of the national
technology and industrial base that supplies defense articles
to the Armed Forces and enhancing allied interoperability of
forces through changes to the text or the implementation of—
(A) section 126.5 of title 22, Code
of Federal Regulations (relating to exemptions that are
applicable to Canada under the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations);
(B) the Treaty Between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of Australia Concerning
Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney on September 5,
2007;
(C) the Treaty Between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade
Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and
26, 2007; and
(D) any other agreements among the countries comprising the
national technology and industrial base.
(b) Amendment To Definition Of National
Technology And Industrial Base.—Section 2500(1) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting “, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Australia,” after
“United States”.
(c) Reporting Requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall report
on the progress of implementing the plan in subsection (a) in
the report required under section 2504 of title 10, United
States Code. |
Greater integration of the national
technology industrial base (sec. 881)
The Senate bill contained a provision
(sec. 871) that would require the Secretary of Defense to
develop a plan to reduce the barriers to the seamless
integration between the persons and organizations that comprise
the National Technology Industrial Base and expand the
definition in section 2500 (1) of title 10, United States Code
to include the United Kingdom and Australia.
The House amendment contained no similar
provision.
The House recedes with an amendment that
would make technical changes. |
