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SEC. 845. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES ON CON-
TRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 853 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–
375; 118 Stat. 2021) is amended by striking ‘‘September
30, 2005’’ in subsections (a)(2)(A) and (b)(2)(A) and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’.
SEC. 846. PILOT PROGRAM ON EXPANDED PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Defense may carry out a pilot program to authorize the
organizations referred to in subsection (b) to enter into co-
operative research and development agreements under sec-
tion 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act
of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) in order to assess the benefits
of such agreements for such organizations and for the De-
partment of Defense as a whole.
(b) COVERED ORGANIZATIONS.—The organizations re-
ferred to in this subsection are as follows:
(1) The National Defense University.
(2) The Defense Acquisition University.
(3) The Joint Forces Command.
(4) The United States Transportation Command.
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(c) LIMITATION.—No agreement may be entered into,
or continue in force, under the pilot program under sub-
section (a) after September 30, 2009.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2009, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the pilot program under subsection (a). The
report shall include—
(1) a description of any agreements entered into
under the pilot program; and
(2) the assessment of the Secretary of the benefits
of the agreements entered into under the pilot pro-
gram for the organizations referred to in subsection
(b) and for the Department of Defense as a whole.
SEC. 847. INCREASED LIMIT APPLICABLE TO ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED UNDER CERTAIN PROCUREMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Section 2414(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘$150,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’.
SEC. 848. REPORTS OF ADVISORY PANEL ON LAWS AND
REGULATIONS ON ACQUISITION PRACTICES.
(a) EXTENSION OF FINAL REPORT.—Section 1423(d)
of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (title XIV
of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1669; 41 U.S.C. 405
note) is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘two
years’’.
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(b) REQUIREMENT FOR INTERIM REPORT.—That sec-
tion is further amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Not later than’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) Not later than one year after the date of the estab-
lishment of the panel, the panel shall submit to the official
and committees referred to in paragraph (1) an interim
report on the matters set forth in that paragraph.’’.
SEC. 849. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECURITY EXPENSES
FROM CONSIDERATION FOR PURPOSE OF
SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS.
Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
SECURITY
EXPENSES
FROM CONSIDERATION FOR PURPOSE OF SMALL BUSINESS
SIZE STANDARDS.—
‘‘(A) DETERMINATION
REQUIRED.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Administrator shall review the application
of size standards established pursuant to paragraph
(2) to small business concerns that are performing
contracts in qualified areas and determine whether it
would be fair and appropriate to exclude from consid-