FUNDING OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

SEC. 217. FUNDING OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.(a) Failure To Comply With Funding Objective.—Section 212 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended in subsection (a) by striking “especially the Air Force Science and Technology Program,”.(b) Extension of Funding Objective.—Such section is amended in subsection (b) by striking “through 2009” and inserting “through 2012”.(c) Actions Following Failure To Comply With Objective.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Actions Following Failure To Comply With Objective.—If the proposed budget for a fiscal year covered by subsection (b) fails to comply with the objective set forth in that subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, at the same time that the Department of Defense budget justification materials for the next fiscal year are submitted to Congress—“(1) a detailed, prioritized list, including estimates of required funding, of highly-rated science and technology projects received by the Department through competitive solicitations and broad agency announcements which—“(A) are not funded solely due to lack of resources, but“(B) represent science and technology opportunities that support the research and development programs and 120 STAT. 2126 goals of the military departments and the Defense Agencies; and“(2) a report, in both classified and unclassified form, containing an analysis and evaluation of international research and technology capabilities, including an identification of any technology areas in which the United States may not have global technical leadership within the next 10 years, in each of the technology areas described in the following plans:“(A) The most current Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Plan required by section 270 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (10 U.S.C. 2501 note).“(B) The Defense Technology Area Plan of the Department of Defense.“(C) The Basic Research Plan of the Department of Defense.”.