FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF DARPA TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND DEFENSE AGENCIES TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING EDUCATION.

SEC. 248. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF DARPA TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND DEFENSE AGENCIES TO AWARD PRIZES FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING EDUCATION. (a) Extension.—Section 2374a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “September 30, 2003” and inserting “September 30, 2007”. (b) Report on Administration of Program.—(1) Not later than December 31, 2002, the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the proposal of the Director for the administration of the program to award prizes for advanced technology achievements under section 2374a of title 10, United States Code. (2) The report shall include the following: (A) The results of consultations by the Director with officials of the military departments regarding the technology areas for which competitive prizes would be established. (B) A description of the proposed goals of the competitions that would be established under the program, including the technology areas to be promoted by the competitions and the relationship of such areas to military missions of the Department of Defense. (C) The proposed rules for the competitions that would be established under the program and a description of the proposed management of the competitions. (D) A description of the manner in which the amounts of the cash prizes awarded and claimed under the program would be allocated among the accounts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for recording as obligations and expenditures. (E) For each competition that would be established under the program, a statement of the reasons why the competition is a preferable means of promoting basic, advanced, and applied research, advanced technology development, or prototype projects, rather than other means of promoting such activities, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions. (c) Additional Authority to Award Cash Prizes for Promoting Education in Support of DoD Missions.—(1) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:116 STAT. 2503 “§ 2374b. Prizes for achievements in promoting science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education “(a) Authority.—The Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of defense agencies may each carry out a program to award cash prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements that are designed to promote science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education in support of the missions of the Department of Defense. “(b) Competition Requirements.–Each program under subsection (a) shall use a competitive process for the selection of recipients of cash prizes. “(c) Limitation.—For any single program under subsection (a), the total amount made available for award of cash prizes in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000. “(d) Relationship to Other Authority.—The program under subsection (a) may be carried out in conjunction with or in addition to the exercise of any other authority to acquire, support, or stimulate basic and applied research, advanced technology development, or prototype development projects. “(e) Annual Report.—Promptly after the end of each fiscal year, each Secretary of a military department and each head of a defense agency carrying out a program under subsection (a) shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the administration of that program for that fiscal year. “(f) Period of Authority.—The authority to award prizes under subsection (a) shall terminate at the end of September 30, 2006”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2374b. Prizes for achievements in promoting science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education.”.