US Congress Senate Bill 2792 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rapid Innovation Fund Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to require that the Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation program be coordinated with the senior acquisition executives of the departments, agencies, and components of the Department of Defense (DOD). For FY2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, DOD shall obligate for eligible program technologies a minimum of 1% of the aggregate DOD research, development, test, and evaluation budget available for projects and activities at the level of Advanced Component Development Prototypes and above. DOD shall: (1) provide Congress with annual project briefings, and (2) issue additional program operations guidelines. "Eligible technology" means: a technology that has received a phase II award under the Small Business Innovation Research program or the Small Business Technology Transfer program, a technology developed by a nontraditional defense contractor, a technology developed by the defense laboratories, or any other innovative technology as determined by DOD.

Rapid Innovation Fund Enhancement Act of 2016

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2792/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2792/BILLS-114s2792is.pdf