ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS.

SEC. 217. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS. Section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) The Secretary of Defense, in carrying out research projects through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Secretary of each military department, in carrying out research projects, may permit the director of any federally funded research and development center to enter into cooperative research and development agreements with any person, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local government, and any other entity under the authority granted by section 11 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a). Technology may be transferred to a non-Federal party to such an agreement consistent with the provisions of sections 10 and 11 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 3710, 3710a).”.