FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

SEC. 226. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. (a) Centers Covered.— Funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997 under section 201 may be obligated to procure work from a federally funded research and development center (in this section referred to as an “FFRDC”) 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 110 STAT. 2459of 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 from which work is proposed to be procured for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997; (B) for each such center, the proposed funding level and the estimated personnel level for fiscal year 1997; and (C) for each such center, an unambiguous definition of the unique core competencies required to be maintained for fiscal year 1997. (2) The total of the proposed funding levels set forth in the report for all FFRDCs may not exceed the amount set forth in subsection (d). (c) Limitation Pending Submission of Report.— Not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997 for FFRDCs under section 201 may be obligated to procure work from an FFRDC until the Secretary of Defense submits the report required by subsection (b). (d) Funding.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, not more than a total of $1,214,650,000 may be obligated to procure services from the FFRDCs named in the report required by subsection (b). (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply to funds obligated for the procurement of equipment for FFRDCs. (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. 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.