Title: National Security Innovation Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
National Security Innovation Act
This bill establishes an advisory board on national security innovation within the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense (DOD). It also extends through December 31, 2026, the DOD pilot program on assessing the feasibility of increasing the defense industrial base to support (1) production needs to meet military requirements, and (2) manufacturing and production of emerging defense and commercial technologies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7376 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7376

    To establish an advisory board on national security innovation 
 activities and extend the pilot program on defense manufacturing, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2020

 Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. Gallagher) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish an advisory board on national security innovation 
 activities and extend the pilot program on defense manufacturing, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Innovation Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVISORY BOARD ON NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.

    Section 230 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Under Secretary of 
        Defense for Research and Engineering shall establish'' and 
        inserting ``The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
        Engineering, acting through the Director of the Defense 
        Innovation Unit, shall establish'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
        subsections (f) through (i), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) Establishment of Advisory Board.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not earlier than the date specified in 
        paragraph (5), but no later than 180 days after such date, the 
        Under Secretary shall establish an advisory board within the 
        Defense Innovation Unit to advise the Under Secretary and the 
        Director of the Unit with respect to the establishment and 
        prioritization of activities under such subsection (a).
            ``(2) Duties.--The advisory board established under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) identify activities that should be 
                prioritized for establishment under subsection (a);
                    ``(B) not less frequently that semiannually, 
                reevaluate and update such priorities; and
                    ``(C) ensure continuing alignment of the activities 
                established under subsection (a), including all 
                elements of such activities described in subsection 
                (b), with the overall technology strategy of the 
                Department of Defense.
            ``(3) Membership.--The advisory board established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be composed of one or more representatives 
        from each of the following:
                    ``(A) Each science and technology reinvention 
                laboratory of the Department of Defense.
                    ``(B) The primary procurement organization of each 
                Armed Force.
                    ``(C) The Defense Innovation Board.
                    ``(D) Such other organizations and elements of the 
                Department of Defense as the Under Secretary, in 
                consultation with the Director of the Defense 
                Innovation Unit, determines appropriate.
            ``(4) Plan.--Not later than 90 days before the date on 
        which the advisory board is established under paragraph (1), 
        the Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
        committees a plan for establishing the advisory board, 
        including a description of the expected roles, 
        responsibilities, and membership of the advisory board.
            ``(5) Date specified.--The date specified in this paragraph 
        is the date on which funds are first appropriated or otherwise 
        made available to carry out subsection (a).''; and
            (4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subsection (h)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON DEFENSE MANUFACTURING.

    Section 1711 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 2505 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``the date that is four 
        years after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2026''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``January 31, 2022'' and 
        inserting ``January 31, 2027''.
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