COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS.

SEC. 826. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS. (a) Extension of Authority to Military Departments.—Subsection (a) of 2371 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting “and the Secretary of each military department, in carrying out advanced research projects,” after “Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,”. (b) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “by the Secretary”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out “to the account” in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “to the appropriate account”. (2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out “The Secretary” after “(d)” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Secretary of Defense”. (3) Subsection (e) of such section is amended— (A) by striking out “an account” and inserting in lieu thereof “separate accounts for each of the military departments and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency”; and (B) by striking out “such account” and inserting in lieu thereof “those accounts”. (4) Subsection (f)(5) of such section is amended by striking out “the account” and inserting in lieu thereof “each account”. (c) Authority Made Permanent.— Subsection (g) of such section is repealed.