Editorial Notes

Codification

Section catchline and subsec. (a) were transferred to chapter 301 and redesignated as section 4014 of this title. Subsecs. (b) and (c) were transferred to subchapter III of chapter 303 and redesignated as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, of section 4125 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Establishment of Innovators Information Repository in the Department of Defense

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title II, § 220, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1681, provided that:

1. “(a) In General.— Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 13, 2018], the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Defense Technical Information Center, establish an innovators information repository within the Department of Defense in accordance with this section.
2. “(b) Maintenance of Information Repository.— The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall maintain the information repository and ensure that it is periodically updated.

3. “(c) Elements of Information Repository.— The information repository established under subsection (a) shall—

   1. “(1) be coordinated across the Department of Defense enterprise to focus on small business innovators that are small, independent United States businesses, including those participating in the Small Business Innovation Research program or the Small Business Technology Transfer program;

   2. “(2) include appropriate information about each participant, including a description of—

      1. “(A) the need or requirement applicable to the participant;
      2. “(B) the participant’s technology with appropriate technical detail and appropriate protections of proprietary information or data;
      3. “(C) any prior business of the participant with the Department; and
      4. “(D) whether the participant’s technology was incorporated into a program of record; and
   3. “(3) incorporate the appropriate classification due to compilation of information.
4. “(d) Use of Information Repository.— After the information repository is established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall encourage use of the information repository by Department organizations involved in technology development and protection, including program offices, before initiating a Request for Information or a Request for Proposal to determine whether an organic technology exists or is being developed currently by a an [sic] entity supported by the Department (which may include a company, academic consortium, or other entity).”

Collaboration Between Defense Laboratories, Industry, and Academia; Open Campus Program

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title II, § 222, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1682, provided that:

1. “(a) Collaboration.— The Secretary of Defense may carry out activities to prioritize innovative collaboration between Department of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratories, industry, and academia.
2. “(b) Open Campus Program.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Commander of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, and the Chief of Naval Research, or such other officials of the Department as the Secretary considers appropriate, may develop and implement an open campus program for the Department science and technology reinvention laboratories which shall be modeled after the open campus program of the Army Research Laboratory.”

Specification of Certain Duties of the Defense Technical Information Center

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title IX, § 905, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1922, as amended by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1842(c)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4244, provided that:

1. “(a) In General.— In addition to any other duties specified for the Defense Technical Information Center by law, regulation, or Department of Defense directive or instruction, the duties of the Center shall include the following:

   1. “(1) To execute the Global Research Watch Program under section 4066 of title 10, United States Code.
   2. “(2) To develop and maintain datasets and other data repositories on research and engineering activities being conducted within the Department.
2. “(b) Action Plan.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 13, 2018], the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan of action for the commencement by the Defense Technical Information Center of the duties specified in subsection (a).”

Performance Review Process

Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 913(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 720, which required the Secretary of Defense to develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality and relevance of work performed by the Department of Defense laboratories, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 812(b)(30), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1849.

Coordination of High-Temperature Superconductivity Research and Development

Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 218(b)(2), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1053, as amended by Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 904(f), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 911(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 717, provided that:

“The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall—

1. “(A) coordinate the research and development activities of the Department of Defense relating to high-temperature superconductivity; and

2. “(B) ensure that such research and development—

   1. “(i) is carried out in coordination with the high-temperature superconductivity research and development activities of the Department of Energy (including the national laboratories of the Department of Energy), the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
   2. “(ii) complements rather than duplicates such activities.”

Coordination of Research Activities of Department of Defense

Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title II, § 234(a), (b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3848, which aimed to strengthen and centralize coordination among Department of Defense research facilities and other Department organizations, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 812(b)(31), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1849.