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software applications after the applications are field-
ed. 
(4) The Secretary’s strategy for ensuring that 
software applications developed for Air Operations 
Centers are transportable and translatable among all 
the Centers to avoid any duplication of efforts. 
(5) Any tools and software applications that 
have been developed for the Air Operations Centers 
and the costs and cost categories associated with de-
veloping each such tool and software application. 
(c) REVIEW.—Before submitting the report under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure 
that the report is reviewed and approved by the Director 
of Defense Pricing and the Defense Procurement and Ac-
quisition Policy. 
(d) FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The funds described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air 
Force, for Air and Space Operations Centers (PE 
0207410F, Project 674596). 
(2) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 
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for other procurement, Air Force, for Air and Space 
Operations Centers. 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2019 for the Department of Defense for High 
Energy Laser Advanced Technology (PE 0603924D8Z), 
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended 
until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 
to the congressional defense committees— 
(1) a logical roadmap and detailed assessment 
of the high energy laser programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense; and 
(2) a justification for the $33,533,000 of in-
creased funding for high energy laser programs au-
thorized in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—The limitation in 
subsection (a) shall not be construed to apply to any other 
high energy laser program of the Department of Defense 
other than the program element specified in such sub-
section. 
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SEC. 218. PLAN FOR ELIMINATION OR TRANSFER OF THE 
STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES OFFICE OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan— 
(1) to eliminate the Strategic Capabilities Office 
of the Department of Defense by not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2020; or 
(2) to transfer the functions of the Strategic 
Capabilities Office to another organization or ele-
ment of the Department by not later than October 
1, 2020. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A timeline for the potential elimination or 
transfer of the activities, functions, programs, plans, 
and resources of the Strategic Capabilities Office. 
(2) A strategy for mitigating risk to the pro-
grams of the Strategic Capabilities Office while the 
elimination or transfer is carried out. 
(3) A strategy for implementing the lessons 
learned and best practices of the Strategic Capabili-
ties Office across the organizations and elements of 
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the Department of Defense to promote enterprise- 
wide innovation. 
(c) FORM OF PLAN.—The plan required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 219. NATIONAL SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than February 4, 2019, 
the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a 
strategy (to be known as the ‘‘National Security Science 
and Technology Strategy’’) to prioritize the science and 
technology efforts and investments of the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) include specific goals for the science and 
technology programs of the Department of Defense 
in which personnel and resources of the Department 
are invested; 
(2) be aligned with the National Defense Strat-
egy and Government-wide strategic science and tech-
nology priorities, including the defense budget prior-
ities of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
of the President; 
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(3) align the acquisition priorities, programs, 
and timelines of the Department with the acquisition 
priorities, programs, and timelines of defense enter-
prise laboratories and services; 
(4) contain an assessment of high priority 
emerging technology programs of the Department, 
including programs relating to hypersonics, directed 
energy, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence; 
(5) identify high priority research and engineer-
ing requirements and gaps; 
(6) include recommendations for changes in au-
thorities, regulations, policies, or any other relevant 
areas, that would support the achievement of the 
goals set forth in the strategy; and 
(7) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary of Defense determines to be appropriate. 
(c) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 4, 
2019, and annually thereafter through December 31, 
2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the most recent 
version of the strategy developed under subsection 
(a). 
(2) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—Each strategy sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in 
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unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 14 days after the date 
on which the initial strategy under subsection (a) is com-
pleted, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a briefing on the implementation of the strategy. 
SEC. 220. MODIFICATION OF CVN–73 TO SUPPORT FIELDING 
OF MQ–25 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the air-
craft carrier designated CVN–73 is modified to support 
the fielding of the MQ–25 unmanned aerial vehicle before 
the date on which the refueling and complex overhaul of 
the aircraft carrier is completed. 
SEC. 220A. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATORS DATABASE IN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an innovators database within the Depart-
ment of Defense in accordance with this section. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF DATABASE.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall 
maintain the database and ensure that it is periodically 
updated. 
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(c) ELEMENTS OF DATABASE.—The database estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be coordinated across the Department of 
Defense enterprise to focus on small business 
innovators that receive funds under the Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research program or the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program; and 
(2) include appropriate information about each 
participant, including a description of— 
(A) the need or requirement applicable to 
the participant; 
(B) the participant’s technology with ap-
propriate technical detail and appropriate pro-
tections of proprietary information or data; 
(C) any prior business of the participant 
with the Department; and 
(D) whether the participant’s technology 
was incorporated into a program of record. 
(d) USE OF DATABASE.—After the database is estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
encourage program offices across the Department of De-
fense to consult the database before initiating a Request 
for Information or a Request for Proposal to determine 
whether an organic technology exists or is being developed 
currently by a an entity supported by the Department 
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(which may include a company, academic consortium, or 
other entity). 
SEC. 220B. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TEST AND EVALUATION RESOURCES. 
Section 196(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘(1) Not less often than once every two fiscal 
years, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering, in coordination with the Director 
of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Secretaries 
of the military departments, and the heads of De-
fense Agencies with test and evaluation responsibil-
ities, shall complete a strategic plan reflecting the 
future needs of the Department of Defense with re-
spect to test and evaluation facilities and resources. 
Each strategic plan shall cover the period of thirty 
fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year in which 
the plan is submitted under paragraph (3). The 
strategic plan shall be based on a comprehensive re-
view of both funded and unfunded test and evalua-
tion requirements of the Department, future threats 
to national security, and the adequacy of the test 
and evaluation facilities and resources of the Depart-
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ment to meet those future requirements and 
threats.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘needed to 
meet such requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘needed to 
meet current and future requirements based on cur-
rent and emerging threats, including, at minimum, 
missile defense, cyberspace operations, direct energy, 
and hypersonics,’’. 
SEC. 220C. COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEFENSE LABORA-
TORIES, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA; OPEN 
CAMPUS PROGRAM. 
(a) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
may carry out activities to prioritize innovative collabora-
tion between Department of Defense laboratories, indus-
try, and academia. 
(b) OPEN CAMPUS PROGRAM.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, may 
develop and implement an open campus program for the 
Laboratory which shall be modeled after the open campus 
program of the Army Research Laboratory. 
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SEC. 220D. ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR 
PERSONNEL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LABORATORIES. 
In order to promote a strong, lasting foundation for 
the national innovation ecosystem and increase the posi-
tive economic and social impact of federally funded re-
search, the Secretary of Defense may— 
(1) carry out a program (commonly known as 
an ‘‘I-Corps program’’) under which entrepreneur-
ship and commercialization education, training, and 
mentoring is provided to personnel of Department of 
Defense laboratories; and 
(2) determine eligibility requirements for the 
program. 
SEC. 220E. PROCESS FOR COORDINATION OF STUDIES AND 
ANALYSIS RESEARCH OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall implement a Depart-
ment of Defense-wide process under which the heads of 
the military departments and Defense Agencies respon-
sible for managing requests for studies and analysis re-
search are required to coordinate annual research requests 
and ongoing research efforts to minimize duplication and 
reduce costs. 
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SEC. 220F. JET NOISE REDUCTION PROGRAM OF THE NAVY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Naval Research, may 
carry out a jet noise reduction program to study the phys-
ics of, and reduce, jet noise produced by high-performance 
military aircraft. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may— 
(1) identify material and non-material solutions 
to reduce jet noise; 
(2) develop and transition such solutions to the 
fleet; 
(3) communicate relevant discoveries to the ci-
vilian aviation community; and 
(4) support the development of theoretical noise 
models, computational prediction tools, noise control 
strategies, diagnostic tools, and enhanced source lo-
calization. 
SEC. 220G. PERMANENT EXTENSION AND CODIFICATION OF 
AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT TECHNOLOGY PRO-
TECTION FEATURES ACTIVITIES DURING RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSE 
SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 2358 
the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 2357. Technology protection features activities 
‘‘(a) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Defense may 
carry out activities to develop and incorporate technology 
protection features in a designated system during the re-
search and development phase of such system. 
‘‘(b) COST-SHARING.—Any contract for the design or 
development of a system resulting from activities under 
subsection (a) for the purpose of enhancing or enabling 
the exportability of the system, either for the development 
of program protection strategies for the system or the de-
sign and incorporation of exportability features into the 
system, shall include a cost-sharing provision that requires 
the contractor to bear half of the cost of such activities, 
or such other portion of such cost as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate upon showing of good cause. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘designated system’ means any 
system (including a major system, as defined in sec-
tion 2302(5) of title 10, United States Code) that 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment designates for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘technology protection features’ 
means the technical modifications necessary to pro-
tect critical program information, including anti- 
tamper technologies and other systems engineering 
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activities intended to prevent or delay exploitation of 
critical technologies in a designated system.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 139 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting before the item relating to 
section 2358 the following new item: 
‘‘2357. Technology protection features activities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 243 of the Ike 
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 220H. STEM JOBS ACTION PLAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Jobs in science, technology, engineering, 
and math in addition to maintenance and manufac-
turing (collectively referred to in this section as 
‘‘STEM’’) make up a significant portion of the 
workforce of the Department of Defense. 
(2) These jobs exist within the organic indus-
trial base, research, development, and engineering 
centers, life-cycle management commands, and logis-
tics centers of the Department. 
(3) Vital to the continued support of the mis-
sion of all of the military services, the Department 
needs to maintain its STEM workforce. 
(4) It is known that the demographics of per-
sonnel of the Department indicate that many of the 
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STEM personnel of the Department will be eligible 
to retire in the next few years. 
(5) Decisive action is needed to replace STEM 
personnel as they retire to ensure that the military 
does not further suffer a skill and knowledge gap 
and thus a serious readiness gap. 
(b) ASSESSMENTS AND PLAN OF ACTION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
each military department, shall— 
(1) perform an assessment of the STEM work-
force for organizations within the Department of 
Defense, including the numbers and types of posi-
tions and the expectations for losses due to retire-
ments and voluntary departures; 
(2) identify the types and quantities of STEM 
jobs needed to support future mission work; 
(3) determine the shortfall between lost STEM 
personnel and future requirements; 
(4) analyze and explain the appropriateness and 
impact of using reimbursable and working capital 
fund dollars for new STEM hires; 
(5) identify a plan of action to address the 
STEM jobs gap, including hiring strategies and 
timelines for replacement of STEM employees; and 
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(6) deliver to Congress, not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2019, a report specifying such plan of ac-
tion. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 221. REPORT ON SURVIVABILITY OF AIR DEFENSE AR-
TILLERY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the efforts of the Army to 
improve the survivability of air defense artillery, with a 
particular focus on the efforts of the Army to improve pas-
sive and active nonkinetic capabilities and training with 
respect to such artillery. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the utility of relevant passive 
and active non-kinetic integrated air and missile de-
fense capabilities, including tactical mobility, new 
passive and active sensors, signature reduction, con-
cealment, and deception systems, and electronic war-
fare and high-powered radio frequency systems. 
(2) An analysis of the utility of relevant active 
kinetic capabilities, such as a new, long-range 
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counter-maneuvering threat missile and additional 
indirect fire protection capability units to defend Pa-
triot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense bat-
teries. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 222. REPORT ON T–45 AIRCRAFT PHYSIOLOGICAL EPI-
SODE MITIGATION ACTIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on modifications 
made to T–45 aircraft and associated ground equipment 
to mitigate the risk of physiological episodes among T– 
45 aircraft crewmembers. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a list of all modifications to the T–45 air-
craft and associated ground equipment carried out 
during fiscal years 2017 through 2019 to mitigate 
the risk of physiological episodes among T–45 crew-
members; 
(2) the results achieved by such modifications 
as determined by relevant testing and operational 
activities; 
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(3) the cost of such modifications; and 
(4) any plans of the Navy for future modifica-
tions. 
SEC. 223. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE AIR FORCE TO 
MITIGATE 
PHYSIOLOGICAL 
EPISODES 
AF-
FECTING AIRCRAFT CREWMEMBERS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on all efforts 
of the Air Force to reduce the occurrence of, and mitigate 
the risk posed by, physiological episodes affecting crew-
members of covered aircraft. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) information on the rate of physiological epi-
sodes affecting crewmembers of covered aircraft; 
(2) a description of the specific actions carried 
out by the Air Force to address such episodes, in-
cluding a description of any upgrades or other modi-
fications made to covered aircraft to address such 
episodes; 
(3) schedules and cost estimates for any up-
grades or modifications identified under paragraph 
(3); and 
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