FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS.

SEC. 220. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS. (a) Centers Covered.— Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996 pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in section 201 may be obligated to procure work from a federally funded research and development center (in this section referred to as an “FFRDC”) or a university-affiliated research center (in this section referred to as a “UARC”) only in the case of a center named in the report required by subsection (b) and, in the case of such a center, only in an amount not in excess of the amount of the proposed funding level set forth for that center in such report. (b) Report on Allocations for Centers.— (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report containing— (A) the name of each FFRDC and UARC from which work is proposed to be procured for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996; and (B) for each such center, the proposed funding level and the estimated personnel level for fiscal year 1996. (C) The total of the proposed funding levels set forth in the report for all FFRDCs and UARCs may not exceed the amount set forth in subsection (d). (c) Limitation Pending Submission of Report.— Not more than 15 percent of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996 pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in section 201 for FFRDCs and UARCs may be obligated to procure work from an FFRDC or UARC until the Secretary of Defense submits the report required by subsection (b). (d) Funding.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, not more than a total of $1,668,850,000 may be obligated to procure services from the FFRDCs and UARCs named in the report required by subsection (b). (e) Authority To Waive Funding Limitation.— The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation regarding the maximum funding amount that applies under subsection (a) to an FFRDC or UARC. Whenever the Secretary proposes to make such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives notice of the proposed waiver and the reasons for the waiver. The waiver may then be made only after the end of the 60-day period that begins on the date on which the notice is submitted to those committees, unless the Secretary determines that it is essential to the national security that funds be obligated for work at that center in excess of that limitation before the end of such period and notifies those committees of that determination and the reasons for the determination. (f) Five-Year Plan.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall develop a five-year plan to reduce and consolidate the activities performed 110 STAT. 225by FFRDCs and UARCs and establish a framework for the future workload of such centers. (2) The plan shall— (A) set forth the manner in which the Secretary of Defense could achieve by October 1, 2000, implementation by FFRDCs and UARCs of only those core activities, as defined by the Secretary, that require the unique capabilities and arrangements afforded by such centers; and (B) include an assessment of the number of personnel needed in each FFRDC and UARC during each year over the five years covered by the plan. (3) Not later than February 1, 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan required by this subsection.