981 1 2 An analysis of the manner in which the 2 Army plans to address M113 vehicle survivability 3 and maneuverability concerns 4 3 An analysis of the historical costs associated 5 with upgrading M113 vehicles and a validation of 6 current cost estimates for upgrading such vehicles 7 4 A comparison of total procurement and life 8 cycle costs of adding an echelon above brigade EAB 9 requirement to the Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle 10 AMPV with total procurement and life cycle costs of 11 upgrading legacy M113 vehicles 12 5 An analysis of the possibility of further accel- 13 erating Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle production or 14 modifying the current fielding strategy for the Army 15 Multi-Purpose Vehicle to meet near-term echelon 16 above brigade requirements 19 TITLE LII--RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION 20 SEC 5201 REAUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DE- 21 FENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMU- 22 LATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH 17 18 23 a MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES --Sub- 24 section b of section 257 of the National Defense Authoriza- HR 2810 PAP 982 1 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1995 Public Law 103-337 10 2 U S C 2358 note is amended-- 3 4 1 by redesignating paragraphs 1 and 2 as paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively 5 2 by inserting before paragraph 2 as redesig- 6 nated by paragraph 1 the following new paragraph 7 1 8 '' 1 To increase the number of university re- 9 searchers in eligible States capable of performing 10 science and engineering research responsive to the 11 needs of the Department of Defense '' and 12 3 in paragraph 2 as redesignated by para- 13 graph 1 by inserting ''relevant to the mission of the 14 Department of Defense and'' after ''that is'' 15 b MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES --Sub- 16 section c of such section is amended-- 17 18 19 20 1 by redesignating paragraph 3 as paragraph 4 and 2 by inserting after paragraph 2 the following new paragraph 3 21 '' 3 To provide assistance to science and engi- 22 neering researchers at institutions of higher education 23 in eligible States through collaboration between De- 24 partment of Defense laboratories and such research- 25 ers '' HR 2810 PAP 983 1 c MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 2 STATE PARTICIPATION --Subsection d of such section is 3 amended-- 4 1 in paragraph 2 B by inserting ''in areas 5 relevant to the mission of the Department of Defense'' 6 after ''programs'' and 7 2 by adding at the end the following new para- 8 graph 9 '' 3 The Under Secretary shall not remove a designa- 10 tion of a State under paragraph 2 because the State ex11 ceeds the funding levels specified under subparagraph A 12 of such paragraph unless the State has exceeded such fund13 ing levels for at least two consecutive years '' 14 15 d MODIFICATION OF NAME -- 1 IN GENERAL --Such section is amended-- 16 A in subsections a and e by striking 17 ''Experimental'' each place it appears and in- 18 serting ''Established'' and B in the section heading by striking ''EX- 19 20 PERIMENTAL'' 21 LISHED'' 22 2 CLERICAL and inserting AMENDMENT --Such ''ESTAB- Act is 23 amended in the table of contents in section 2 b by 24 striking the item relating to section 257 and inserting 25 the following new item ''Sec 257 Defense established program to stimulate competitive research '' HR 2810 PAP 984 1 3 CONFORMING AMENDMENT --Section 307 of 2 the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 3 Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters and for 4 Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts Including Those in 5 Bosnia Public Law 105-18 is amended by striking 6 ''Experimental'' and inserting ''Established'' 7 SEC 5202 PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE INCENTIVES FOR 8 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENT 9 OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES 10 a IN GENERAL --The Secretary of Defense shall es- 11 tablish a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advis12 ability of distributing royalties and other payments as de13 scribed in this section Under the pilot program except as 14 provided in subsections b and d any royalties or other 15 payments received by a Federal agency from the licensing 16 and assignment of inventions under agreements entered into 17 by Department of Defense laboratories and from the licens18 ing of inventions of Department of Defense laboratories 19 shall be retained by the laboratory which produced the in20 vention and shall be disposed of as follows 21 1 A The laboratory director shall pay each 22 year the first $2 000 and thereafter at least 20 per- 23 cent of the royalties or other payments other than 24 payments of patent costs as delineated by a license or 25 assignment agreement to the inventor or coinventors HR 2810 PAP 985 1 if the inventor's or coinventor's rights are directly as- 2 signed to the United States 3 B A laboratory director may provide appro- 4 priate incentives from royalties or other payments to 5 laboratory employees who are not an inventor of such 6 inventions but who substantially increased the tech- 7 nical value of the inventions 8 C The laboratory shall retain the royalties and 9 other payments received from an invention until the 10 laboratory makes payments to employees of a labora- 11 tory under subparagraph A or B 12 2 The balance of the royalties or other pay- 13 ments shall be transferred by the agency to its labora- 14 tories with the majority share of the royalties or 15 other payments from any invention going to the lab- 16 oratory where the invention occurred The royalties or 17 other payments so transferred to any laboratory may 18 be used or obligated by that laboratory during the fis- 19 cal year in which they are received or during the 2 20 succeeding fiscal years-- 21 A to reward scientific engineering and 22 technical employees of the laboratory including 23 developers of sensitive or classified technology re- 24 gardless of whether the technology has commer- 25 cial applications HR 2810 PAP 986 1 2 B to further scientific exchange among the laboratories of the agency 3 C for education and training of employees 4 consistent with the research and development 5 missions and objectives of the agency or labora- 6 tory and for other activities that increase the 7 potential for transfer of the technology of the lab- 8 oratories of the agency 9 D for payment of expenses incidental to 10 the administration and licensing of intellectual 11 property by the agency or laboratory with re- 12 spect to inventions made at that laboratory in- 13 cluding the fees or other costs for the services of 14 other agencies persons or organizations for in- 15 tellectual property management and licensing 16 services or 17 E for scientific research and development 18 consistent with the research and development 19 missions and objectives of the laboratory 20 3 All royalties or other payments retained by 21 the laboratory after payments have been made pursu- 22 ant to paragraphs 1 and 2 that are unobligated 23 and unexpended at the end of the second fiscal year 24 succeeding the fiscal year in which the royalties and HR 2810 PAP 987 1 other payments were received shall be paid into the 2 Treasury of the United States 3 b TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES -- 4 1 IN GENERAL --Any payment made to an em- 5 ployee under the pilot program shall be in addition 6 to the regular pay of the employee and to any other 7 awards made to the employee and shall not affect the 8 entitlement of the employee to any regular pay annu- 9 ity or award to which the employee is otherwise enti- 10 tled or for which the employee is otherwise eligible or 11 limit the amount thereof Any payment made to an 12 inventor as such shall continue after the inventor 13 leaves the laboratory 14 2 CUMULATIVE PAYMENTS -- A Cumulative 15 payments made under the pilot program while the in- 16 ventor is still employed at the laboratory shall not ex- 17 ceed $500 000 per year to any one person unless the 18 Secretary concerned as defined in section 101 a of 19 title 10 United States Code approves a larger 20 award 21 B Cumulative payments made under the pilot 22 program after the inventor leaves the laboratory shall 23 not exceed $150 000 per year to any one person un- 24 less the head of the agency approves a larger award 25 with the excess over $150 000 being treated as an HR 2810 PAP 988 1 agency award to a former employee under section 2 4505 of title 5 United States Code 3 c INVENTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES --Under the 4 pilot program a laboratory receiving royalties or other 5 payments as a result of invention management services per6 formed for another Federal agency or laboratory under sec7 tion 207 of title 35 United States Code may retain such 8 royalties or payments to the extent required to offset pay9 ments to inventors under subparagraph A of subsection 10 a 1 costs and expenses incurred under subparagraph D 11 of subsection a 2 and the cost of foreign patenting and 12 maintenance for any invention of the other agency All roy13 alties and other payments remaining after offsetting the 14 payments to inventors costs and expenses described in the 15 preceding sentence shall be transferred to the agency for 16 which the services were performed for distribution in ac17 cordance with subsection a 2 18 d CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS --Under the pilot pro- 19 gram if the invention involved was one assigned to the lab20 oratory-- 21 1 by a contractor grantee or participant or 22 an employee of a contractor grantee or participant 23 in an agreement or other arrangement with the agen- 24 cy or HR 2810 PAP 989 1 2 by an employee of the agency who was not 2 working in the laboratory at the time the invention 3 was made 4 the agency unit that was involved in such assignment shall 5 be considered to be a laboratory for purposes of this section 6 e SUNSET --The pilot program under this section 7 shall terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of 8 this Act 10 TITLE LIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 11 SEC 5301 COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPART- 12 MENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATION ACCESS 13 CONTROL INITIATIVES 9 14 a IN GENERAL --Not later than 180 days after the 15 date of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller General 16 of the United States shall submit to the congressional de17 fense committees a report evaluating Department of Defense 18 installation access control initiatives 19 b ELEMENTS --The report required under subsection 20 a shall include the following elements 21 1 An assessment of Department of Defense re- 22 quirements for managing access to military installa- 23 tions and the extent to which the Department has 24 taken an enterprise-wide approach to developing those 25 requirements and identifying capability gaps HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu