To amend chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of each military department to identify promising research programs of the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program for inclusion in the future budgets and plans of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires each military department to designate at least five promising SBIR or STTR programs each year as Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects and to carry those projects into Defense planning, programming, and budgeting.
Who Benefits and How
Small businesses with promising defense research projects could gain a more durable path from SBIR or STTR work into the Department of Defense budget and future-years defense planning.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Military departments would need to stand up advisory panels, run annual designation processes, and integrate selected projects into formal planning and budgeting documents.
Key Provisions
- Requires each military department to designate at least five eligible SBIR or STTR programs each fiscal year as Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects.
- Requires each designated program to be included in the next future-years defense program and in programming proposals under a separate heading.
- Requires each military department to establish an advisory panel with private-sector and departmental members to recommend eligible programs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires each military department to designate at least five promising SBIR or STTR programs each year as Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects and to carry those projects into Defense planning, programming, and budgeting.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires each military department to designate at least five promising SBIR or STTR programs each year as Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects and to carry those projects into Defense planning, programming, and budgeting.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Small businesses with promising defense research programs seeking a stronger path into the Defense budget process
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Military department and Pentagon officials responsible for annual designations, advisory panels, and budget integration
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Military department and Pentagon officials required to run advisory panels, make designations, and integrate projects into planning and budgeting
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary_concerned"
- → Secretary of the relevant military department
- "the_secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
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