AMENDMENT OF RESEARCH AUTHORITIES.

SEC. 827. AMENDMENT OF RESEARCH AUTHORITIES. (a) Authority To Conduct Basic, Advanced, and Applied Research.—Section 2358 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 2358. Research projects “(a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may engage in basic, advanced, and applied research and development projects that— “(1) are necessary to the responsibilities of such Secretary’s department in the field of basic, advanced, and applied research and development; and “(2) either— “(A) relate to weapons systems and other military needs; or “(B) are of potential interest to such department. “(b) Authorized Means.—The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may perform research and development projects— “(1) by contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction with, or by grant to, educational or research institutions, private businesses, or other agencies of the United States; “(2) by using employees and consultants of the Department of Defense; or “(3) through one or more of the military departments. “(c) Requirement of Potential Military Interest.—Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or to a military department may not be used to finance any research project or study unless the project or study is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of that military department, respectively, of potential interest to the Department of Defense or to such military department, respectively.”. (b) Authority Related to Advanced Research Projects.— (1) Repeal of redundant authority.—Section 2371 of such title is amended— 107 STAT. 1713 (A) by striking out subsection (a); (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; (C) in subsection (a), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking out “subsection (a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 2358 of this title”; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking out “subsection (e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (d)”; (D) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking out “subsection (a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 2358 of this title”; and (E) in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— (i) in paragraph (4), by striking out “subsection (b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a)”; and (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking out “subsection (e)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (d)”. (2) Consistency of terminology.—Such section, as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended— (A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting “and development” after “research” both places it appears; (B) in subsections (d) and (e)(3), by striking out “advanced research” and inserting in lieu thereof “research and development”; and (C) in subsection (e)(i), by striking out “advanced research is” and inserting in lieu thereof “research and development are”. (c) Redundant and Obsolete Authority for the Army and the Air Force.—Sections 4503 and 9503 of title 10, United States Code, are repealed.