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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1629 

To reauthorize the Department of Defense Experimental Program to 

Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2017 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. BROWN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CARPER, Mr. COONS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. CORTEZ

MASTO, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Department of Defense Experimental 

Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DEPSCoR Reauthor5 ization Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE 

3 COMPETITIVE RESEARCH. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Sub5 section (b) of section 257 of the National Defense Author6 ization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 

7 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

9 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 

10 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes11 ignated by paragraph (1), the following new para12 graph (1): 

13 ‘‘(1) To increase the number of university re14 searchers in eligible States capable of performing 

15 science and engineering research responsive to the 

16 needs of the Department of Defense.’’; and 

17 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para18 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘relevant to the mission of 

19 the Department of Defense and’’ after ‘‘that is’’. 

20 (b) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Sub21 section (c) of such section is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para23 graph (4); and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol25 lowing new paragraph (3): 


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1 ‘‘(3) To provide assistance to science and engi2 neering researchers at institutions of higher edu3 cation in eligible States through collaboration be4 tween Department of Defense laboratories and such 

5 researchers.’’. 

6 (c) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR

7 STATE PARTICIPATION.—Subsection (d) of such section is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘in areas 

10 relevant to the mission of the Department of De11 fense’’ after ‘‘programs’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(3) The Under Secretary shall not remove a des15 ignation of a State under paragraph (2) because the State 

16 exceeds the funding levels specified under subparagraph 

17 (A) of such paragraph unless the State has exceeded such 

18 funding levels for at least two consecutive years.’’. 

19 (d) MODIFICATION OF NAME.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Such section is amended— 

21 (A) in subsections (a) and (e) by striking 

22 ‘‘Experimental’’ each place it appears and in23 serting ‘‘Established’’; and 


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1 (B) in the section heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘EXPERIMENTAL’’ and inserting ‘‘ESTAB3 LISHED’’. 

4 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Such Act is 

5 amended, in the table of contents in section 2(b), by 

6 striking the item relating to section 257 and insert7 ing the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 257. Defense established program to stimulate competitive research.’’. 

8 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 307 

9 of the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropria10 tions Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and 

11 for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those 

12 in Bosnia (Public Law 105–18) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘Experimental’’ and inserting ‘‘Established’’. 

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