,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bh1    
#bjaf ,mrs4 ,shaheen introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to promote       
greater efficiency in contracting       
associated with the ,,sbir and ,,sttr   
programs of the ,department of ,defense4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,small ,business ,national 
,security ,innovation ,act of #bjaf4    
#b4 ,pilot program  7a7 ,definitions ,in
 this section--  7#a7 the terms         
commercialization1 ,,sbir1 ,,sttr1      
,phase ,i1 ,phase ,,ii1 and ,phase ,,iii
 have the meanings given those terms in 
section #i7;e7 of the ,small ,business  
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fch7;e772  7#b7 the
 term covered small business concern    
means--  7,a7 a small business concern  
that completed a ,phase ,,ii award under
 the ,,sbir or ,,sttr program of the    
,department of ,defense2 or  7,b7 a     

small business concern that-- 7i7 has   
completed a ,phase ,i award under the   
,,sbir or ,,sttr program of the         
,department of ,defense2 and  7ii7 a    
contracting officer for the ,department 
of ,defense recommends for inclusion in 
the multiple task or delivery order     
contract described in subsection 7b72   
7#c7 the terms delivery order contract  
and task order contract have the        
meanings given those terms in section   
#bcjd;d of title #aj1 ,united ,states   
,code2  7#d7 the term pilot program     
means the pilot program established     
under subsection 7b72  7#e7 the term    
,rapid ,innovation ,fund means the      
program under section #ajgc of the ,ike 
,skelton ,national ,defense             
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjaa 7,public ,law #aaa-chc2 #abd      
,stat4 #dcff2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcei note72
 and  7#f7 the term small business      
concern has the meaning given the term  
in section #c of the ,small ,business   
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74  7b7         

,establishment ,the ,secretary of the   
,navy1 in consultation with the         
,director of the ,,sbir program at the  
,department of the ,navy and the ,office
 of ,small ,business ,programs of the   
,department of ,defense1 shall establish
 a pilot program for the                
commercialization of products and       
services produced by covered small      
business concerns under which the       
,secretary of the ,navy shall set up a  
multiple task or delivery order contract
 for those products and services4  7c7  
,technical assistance ,the              
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall provide technical assistance to   
the ,secretary of the ,navy for purposes
 of establishing and administering the  
pilot program4  7d7 ,waiver of          
,competition in ,contracting ,act  7#a7 
,in general ,the ,secretary of the ,navy
 may establish procedures to waive      
provisions of chapter #cc of title #da1 
,united ,states ,code1 for purposes of  
carrying out the pilot program4  7#b7   

,requirement ,before establishing any   
procedures under paragraph 7#a71 and not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,navy1 the ,director of the      
,,sbir program at the ,department of the
 ,navy1 and the ,office of ,small       
,business ,programs of the ,department  
of ,defense shall provide a briefing on 
why provisions of chapter #cc of title  
#da1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall be    
waived for purposes of carrying out the 
pilot program to--  7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
of the ,house of ,representatives2  7,c7
 the ,committee on ,small ,business and 
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate2 and   
7,d7 the ,committee on ,small ,business 
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7e7 
,use of contract vehicle ,a multiple    
task or delivery order contract         
described in subsection 7b7 may be used 
by any service or component of the      
,department of ,defense4  7f7 ,policy   

directive ,after implementation of the  
pilot program1 the ,administrator of the
 ,small ,business ,administration shall 
update the ,,sbir and ,,sttr program    
policy directives issued under          
subsections 7j7 and 7p7 of section #i of
 the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #fch7 to reflect programmatic 
changes at the ,department of ,defense4 
7g7 ,termination ,the pilot program     
established under this section shall    
terminate on ,september #cj1 #bjbb4  7h7
 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent   
the commercialization of products and   
services produced by a small business   
concern under an ,,sbir or ,,sttr       
program of a ,federal agency through--  
7#a7 direct awards for ,phase ,,iii of  
an ,,sbir or ,,sttr program2  7#b7      
awards made under the ,rapid ,innovation
 ,fund2 or  7#c7 any other contract     
vehicle4