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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Air Force Science and Technology for
the 21st Century Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The development of science and technology has been a
core mission of the Air Force since its inception as an
independent service.
(2) From fiscal year 1989 to fiscal year 2001, spending on
Air Force science and technology programs dropped
significantly, from $2,720,000,000 to $1,460,000,000 when
measured in constant fiscal year 2001 dollars and from 2.2
percent to 1.7 percent when measured as a percentage of the
total obligational authority of the Air Force.
(3) In recent years, the focus of Air Force science and
technology has shifted to include a smaller percentage of long-
term, revolutionary projects with the promise of significant
payoff and a higher percentage of short-term projects with the
possibility only of incremental technology advances.
(4) The steep decline over the last decade in spending on
Air Force science and technology programs and the absence of
long-term science and technology planning are the result of
factors including:
(A) The Air Force organization has not included, at
a sufficiently high level, a single official with clear
responsibility for advocating the development of
science and technology.
(B) The science and technology program has had
inadequate visibility at the highest levels of Air
Force decisionmaking.
(C) The Air Force does not have a planning process
that clearly links long-term warfighting requirements
with planning for science and technology development
within the budget planning process.
(D) The methodologies used to determine the overall
budgetary requirements for Air Force science and
technology programs and to prioritize among those
programs are ineffective.
(5) The decline in Air Force science and technology
development will likely diminish national security in the
future, because important technologies may be unavailable to be
incorporated into weapon systems.
(6) In recent years, Congress has made efforts to reverse
the decline in Air Force science and technology development by
appropriating greater amounts for such development than
requested in the budget submitted by the President.
(7) The Air Force is in the process of making fundamental
changes in how it makes budgetary and nonbudgetary policy
decisions with respect to its science and technology
development programs and how it carries out those programs.
(8) The Air Force has made a significant effort over the
past two years to increase the emphasis on science and
technology development by senior-level decisionmakers through
the use of science and technology summits, applied technology
councils, and a new advocacy process for science and
technology.
(9) The Secretary of the Air Force has designated the
commander of the Air Force Materiel Command with the grade of
general as the budget advocate for science and technology
programs.
(10) The Secretary of the Air Force has implemented a new
planning process for science and technology development that is
linked to the Air Force Strategic Plan.
(11) The Air Force is, in a good faith effort, conducting a
comprehensive review of the long-term challenges and short-term
objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs, as
specified in section 252 of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by
Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-46).
(12) Despite the recent Air Force efforts, additional
measures are needed to ensure that advocacy for Air Force
science and technology development is at its highest and that
planning and technology investment prioritization is at its
best.

SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of the Air Force should carry out each of the following:
(1) Continue and improve efforts to ensure that--
(A) the Air Force science and technology community
is represented, and the recommendations of that
community are considered, at all levels of program
planning and budgetary decisionmaking within the Air
Force;
(B) advocacy for science and technology development
is institutionalized across all levels of Air Force
management in a manner that is not dependent on
individuals; and
(C) the value of Air Force science and technology
development is made increasingly apparent to the
warfighters, by linking the needs of those warfighters
with decisions on science and technology development.
(2) Complete and adopt the policy directive that provides
for changes in how the Air Force makes budgetary and
nonbudgetary decisions with respect to its science and
technology development programs and how it carries out those
programs.
(3) At least once every five years, conduct a review of the
long-term challenges and short-term objectives of the Air Force
science and technology programs that is consistent with the
review specified in section 252 of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by
Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-46).
(4) Ensure that development and science and technology
planning and investment activities are carried out for future
space warfighting systems and for future nonspace warfighting
systems in an integrated manner.
(b) Reinstatement of Development Planning.--(1) The Secretary of
the Air Force shall reinstate and implement a revised development
planning process that provides for each of the following:
(A) Coordinating the needs of Air Force warfighters with
decisions on science and technology development.
(B) Giving input into the establishment of priorities among
science and technology programs.
(C) Analyzing Air Force capability options for the
allocation of Air Force resources.
(D) Developing concepts for technology, warfighting
systems, and operations with which the Air Force can achieve
its critical future goals.
(E) Evaluating concepts for systems and operations that
leverage technology across Air Force organizational boundaries.
(F) Ensuring that a ''system-of-systems'' approach is used
in carrying out the various Air Force capability planning
exercises.
(G) Utilizing existing analysis capabilities within the Air
Force product centers in a collaborative and integrated manner.
(2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a report
on the implementation of the planning process required by paragraph
(1).
(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out paragraph
(1) $20,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002.

SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR FORCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM CHANGES.

(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in cooperation
with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences,
shall carry out a study to determine how the changes to the Air Force
science and technology program implemented during the past two years
affect the future capabilities of the Air Force.
(b) Matters Studied.--(1) The study shall independently review and
assess whether such changes as a whole are sufficient to ensure the
following:
(A) The concerns about the management of the science and
technology program that have been raised by the Congress, the
Defense Science Board, the Air Force Science Advisory Board,
and the Air Force Association have been adequately addressed.
(B) Appropriate and sufficient technology is available to
ensure the military superiority of the United States and
counter future high-risk threats.
(C) The science and technology investments are balanced to
meet the near-, mid-, and long-term needs of the Air Force.
(D) Technologies are made available that can be used to
respond flexibly and quickly to a wide range of future threats.
(E) The Air Force organizational structure provides for a
sufficiently senior level, effective advocate of science and
technology to ensure an on-going presence of the science and
technology community during the budget and planning process.
(2) In addition, the study shall independently assess the specific
changes as follows:
(A) Whether the biannual science and technology summits
provide sufficient visibility into, and understanding and
appreciation of, the value of the science and technology
program to the senior level of Air Force budget and policy
decisionmakers.
(B) Whether the Applied Technology Councils are effective
in contributing the input of all levels beneath the senior
leadership into the coordination, focus, and content of the
science and technology program.
(C) Whether the designation of the Commander of the Air
Force Materiel Command as the science and technology budget
advocate is effective to assure that an adequate budget top
line is set.
(D) Whether the revised development planning process is
effective to aid in the coordination of the needs of the Air
Force warfighters with decisions on science and technology
investments and the establishment of priorities among different
science and technology programs.
(E) Whether the implementation of section 252 of the Floyd
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat.
1654A-46) is effective to identify the basis for the
appropriate science and technology program top line and
investment portfolio.
(c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which the
study required by subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary of the Air
Force shall submit to Congress the results of the study.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $950,000.

SEC. 5. GRADE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

It is the sense of Congress that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force, Science, Technology, and Engineering, shall be paid at
the highest rate of basic pay payable for a member of the Senior
Executive Service.
Output:
Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Air Force should: (1) continue and improve efforts to ensure the advocacy of science and technology within the Air Force budgetary decisionmaking process; (2) complete and adopt policy directives for changes in Air Force science and technology budgetary and nonbudgetary decisions; (3) review the long-term challenges and short-term objectives of Air Force science and technology programs; and (4) ensure that development and science and technology planning and investment activities are carried out for future space warfighting systems and future nonspace warfighting systems.Directs the Secretary to: (1) reinstate and implement a revised Air Force science and technology development planning process; and (2) carry out a study to determine how changes to the Air Force science and technology program implemented during the past two years affect future Air Force capabilities.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Science, Technology, and Engineering shall be paid at the highest rate of basic pay for a member of the Senior Executive Service.