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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2081

To guarantee the long-term national security of the United States by investing

in a robust Defense Science and Technology Program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 14, 1998

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Armed Services

A BILL

To guarantee the long-term national security of the United

States by investing in a robust Defense Science and

Technology Program.

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 ‘‘National Defense

5 Science and Technology Investment Act of 1998’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress of the United States finds the follow8 ing:
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1 (1) To provide for the national security of the

2 United States in the 21st century, the U.S. military

3 must be able to dominate the full range of military

4 operations, from humanitarian assistance to full5 scale conflict. The keys to achieving this ‘‘Full Spec6 trum Dominance,’’ as described in the Department

7 of Defense’s ‘‘Joint Vision 2010,’’ are technological

8 innovation and information superiority.

9 (2) The global spread of advanced technology is

10 transforming the military threats faced by the

11 United States and will challenge our ability to

12 achieve Full Spectrum Dominance. Some of the

13 major technological challenges our military face in14 clude information warfare; proliferating weapons of

15 mass destruction; inexpensive, precise, cruise mis16 siles; and increasingly difficult operations in urban

17 environments.

18 (3) The United States is now in a relatively se19 cure interlude in its international relations, but the

20 future security environment is very uncertain. Thus,

21 now is the time to focus our Defense investments on

22 the research and experimentation needed to meet

23 new and undefined threats and achieve Full Spec24 trum Dominance.
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1 (4) The Department of Defense has been the

2 preeminent Federal agency supporting research in

3 engineering, mathematics, and computer science,

4 and a key supporter of research in the physical and

5 environmental sciences. These disciplines remain

6 critical to achieving information superiority and

7 maintaining technological innovation in our military.

8 The Department of Energy has played a critical role

9 in supporting the research needed to limit the

10 spread of weapons of mass destruction. No other or11 ganizations, public or private, can be expected to

12 substitute for the role of the Department of Defense

13 and Department of Energy in these research areas.

14 (5) However, the current budget plan for the

15 Defense Science and Technology Program is essen16 tially flat in real terms through fiscal year 2003.

17 The planned budget for nonproliferation science and

18 technology activities at the Department of Energy

19 will decline.

20 (6) These budget plans are not consistent with

21 the vision of Full Spectrum Dominance, the threats

22 or uncertainties on the horizon, or the opportunity

23 presented by the current state of international rela24 tions. The planned level of investment could pose a

25 serious threat to our national security in the next 15
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1 years, given the usual time it takes from the start

2 of Defense research to achieving new military capa3 bilities.

4 (7) Consequently, the Congress must act to es5 tablish a long-term vision for the Defense Science

6 and Technology Program’s funding if the United

7 States is to encourage the research and experimen8 tation needed to seize the current opportunity and

9 begin transforming our military to meet the new

10 threats and achieve Full Spectrum Dominance early

11 in the next century.

12 (8) The Congress must also act to establish a

13 robust long-term vision and funding plan in support

14 of nonproliferation science and technology activities

15 at the Department of Energy.

16 SEC. 3. PURPOSE AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

17 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to create

18 a ten-year budget plan to support the disciplines, research,

19 and concept of operations experimentation that will trans20 form our military and reduce the threat from weapons of

21 mass destruction early in the next century.

22 (b) FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.—

23 (1) DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRO24 GRAM BUDGET.—For each year from fiscal year

25 2000 until fiscal year 2008, it shall be an objective
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1 of the Secretary of Defense to increase the Defense

2 Science and Technology Program budget by no less

3 than 2.0 percent over inflation greater than the pre4 vious fiscal year’s budget request.

5 (2) NONPROLIFERATION SCIENCE AND TECH6 NOLOGY ACTIVITIES BUDGET.—For each year from

7 fiscal year 2000 until fiscal year 2008, it shall be an

8 objective of the Secretary of Energy to increase the

9 budget for nonproliferation science and technology

10 activities by no less than 2.0 percent a year over in11 flation greater than the previous fiscal year’s budget

12 request.

13 SEC. 4. GUIDELINES FOR THE DEFENSE SCIENCE AND

14 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

15 (a) SYNERGISTIC MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND

16 DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Defense may allocate

17 a combination of funds from Department of Defense 6.1,

18 6.2, or 6.3 accounts in supporting any individual project

19 or program of the Defense Science and Technology Pro20 gram.

21 (b) RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEFENSE SCIENCE AND

22 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM TO COMMERCIAL RESEARCH AND

23 TECHNOLOGY.—

24 (1) In supporting projects within the Defense

25 Science and Technology Program, the Secretary of
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1 Defense shall attempt to leverage commercial re2 search, technology, products, and processes for the

3 benefit of the Department of Defense to the maxi4 mum extent practicable.

5 (2) Funds made available to the Defense

6 Science and Technology Program must only be used

7 to benefit the Department of Defense, which in8 cludes—

9 (A) the development of defense unique

10 technology;

11 (B) the development of military useful,

12 commercial viable technology; or

13 (C) the adaption of commercial technology,

14 products, or processes for military purposes.

15 (c) RELATIONSHIP OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND

16 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM TO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH.—

17 The following shall be key objectives of the Defense

18 Science and Technology Program—

19 (1) the sustainment of research capabilities in

20 scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the

21 Department of Defense;

22 (2) the education and training of the next gen23 eration of scientists and engineers in disciplines rel24 evant to future Defense systems, particularly

25 through the conduct of basic research; and
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1 (3) the continued support of the Defense Ex2 perimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Re3 search and research programs at Historically Black

4 Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions.

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

6 As used in this Act—

7 (1) DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRO8 GRAM.—The term ‘‘Defense Science and Technology

9 Program’’ means work funded in Department of De10 fense accounts 6.1, 6.2, or 6.3; and

11 (2) NONPROLIFERATION SCIENCE AND TECH12 NOLOGY ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘nonproliferation

13 science and technology activities’’ means work relat14 ed to preventing and countering the proliferation of

15 weapons of mass destruction that is funded by the

16 Department of Energy under the following programs

17 and projects of the Department’s Office of Non18 proliferation and National Security and Office of

19 Defense Programs;

20 (A) the Verification and Control Tech21 nology program within the Office of Non22 proliferation and National Security;

23 (B) projects under the ‘‘Technology and

24 Systems Development’’ element of the Nuclear

25 Safeguards and Security program within the
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1 Office of Nonproliferation and National Secu2 rity;

3 (C) projects relating to a national capabil4 ity to assess the credibility of radiological and

5 extortion threats, or to combat nuclear mate6 rials trafficking or terrorism, under the Emer7 gency Management program within the Office

8 of Nonproliferation and National Security;

9 (D) projects relating to developing or inte10 grating new technology to respond to emer11 gencies and threats involving the presence, or

12 possible presence, of weapons of mass destruc13 tion; radiological emergencies; and related ter14 rorist threats, under the Office of Defense Pro15 grams; and

16 (E) program direction costs for the pro17 grams and projects funded under subpara18 graphs (A) through (D).

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