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(F) A description of the status of efforts
during the year preceding the report to design a
comprehensive force protection system that is ef-
fective in confronting blast, ballistic, and fire
threats.
(i) BLAST INJURIES DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘blast injuries’’ means injuries that occur as the result
of the detonation of high explosives, including vehicle-borne
and person-borne explosive devices, rocket-propelled gre-
nades, and improvised explosive devices.
SEC. 244. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTS
ON PROGRAM TO AWARD PRIZES FOR AD-
VANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS.
Subsection (e) of section 2374a of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) Not later than March 1
each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report on the activities undertaken by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency in the preceding year
under the authority of this section.
‘‘(2) The report for a year under this subsection shall
include the following:
‘‘(A) The results of consultations between the Di-
rector and officials of the military departments re-
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garding the areas of research, technology development,
or prototype development for which prizes would be
awarded under the program under this section.
‘‘(B) A description of the proposed goals of the
competitions established under the program, including
the areas of research, technology development, or pro-
totype development to be promoted by such competi-
tions and the relationship of such areas to the mili-
tary missions of the Department.
‘‘(C) The total amount of cash prizes awarded
under the program, including a description of the
manner in which the amounts of cash prizes awarded
and claimed were allocated among the accounts of the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for re-
cording as obligations and expenditures.
‘‘(D) The methods used for the solicitation and
evaluation of submissions under the program, together
with an assessment of the effectiveness of such meth-
ods.
‘‘(E) A description of the resources, including
personnel and funding, used in the execution of the
program, together with a detailed description of the
activities for which such resources were used.
‘‘(F) A description of any plans to transition the
technologies or prototypes developed as a result of the
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program into acquisition programs of the Depart-
ment.
‘‘(G) For each competition under the program, a
statement of the reasons why the competition was a
preferable means of promoting basic, advanced, or ap-
plied research, technology development, or prototype
development projects to other means of promoting
such projects, including contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, or other transactions.’’.
SEC. 245. DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES
CONSTITUTING THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST
FACILITY BASE.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE MAN-
AGEMENT CENTER.—Section 196(h) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
Defense’’.
(b) INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING OF TEST AND EVALUA-
TION ACTIVITIES.—Section 232(b)(1) of the Bob Stump Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2490) is amended by striking
‘‘Director of Operational Test and Evaluation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’.