PLAN FOR RAPID TRANSITION FROM COMPLETION OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH INTO DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 818. PLAN FOR RAPID TRANSITION FROM COMPLETION OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH INTO DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. (a) Plan Required.— (1) Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall develop a plan for facilitating the rapid transition into Department of Defense acquisition programs of successful first phase and second phase activities under the Small Business Innovation Research program under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). (2) The Secretary shall submit the plan developed under paragraph (1) to— (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives. (b) Conditions.— The plan developed under subsection (a) shall— (1) be consistent with the Small Business Innovation Research program and with the provisions of division D of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (division D of Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 642) and the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–355; 108 Stat. 3243) that are applicable to the Department of Defense; and (2) provide for favorable consideration, in the acquisition planning process, for funding projects under the Small Business Innovation Research program that have successfully completed the second phase or are subject to a third phase agreement entered into pursuant to section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(r)).