10 U.S.C. § 2367 : US Code - Section 2367: Use of federally funded research and development centers

Search 10 U.S.C. § 2367 : US Code - Section 2367: Use of federally funded research and development centers

(a) Limitation on Use of Centers. - Except as provided in
subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may not place work with a
federally funded research and development center unless such work
is within the purpose, mission, and general scope of effort of such
center as established in the sponsoring agreement of the Department
of Defense with such center.
(b) Exception for Applied Scientific Research. - This section
does not apply to a federally funded research and development
center that performs applied scientific research under laboratory
conditions.
(c) Limitation on Creation of New Centers. - (1) The head of an
agency may not obligate or expend amounts appropriated to the
Department of Defense for purposes of operating a federally funded
research center that was not in existence before June 2, 1986,
until -
(A) the head of the agency submits to Congress a report with
respect to such center that describes the purpose, mission, and
general scope of effort of the center; and
(B) a period of 60 days beginning on the date such report is
received by Congress has elapsed.
(2) In this subsection, the term "head of an agency" has the
meaning given such term in section 2302(1) of this title.
(d) Identification to Congress of FFRDC Workload Effort. - After
the close of a fiscal year, and not later than January 1 of the
next year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed
Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives a report setting forth the actual
obligations and the actual man-years of effort expended at each
federally funded research and development center during that fiscal
year.