EXPEDITED USE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DETECTION.

SEC. 314. EXPEDITED USE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DETECTION.(a) Expedited Use of Appropriate Technologies.—The Secretary shall expedite the use of appropriate unexploded ordnance detection instrument technology developed through research funded by the Department of Defense or developed by entities other than the Department of Defense.(b) Report.—Not later than October 1, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report describing and evaluating the following:(1) The amounts allocated for research, development, test, and evaluation for unexploded ordnance detection technologies.(2) The amounts allocated for transition of new unexploded ordnance detection technologies.(3) Activities undertaken by the Department to transition such technologies and train operators on emerging detection instrument technologies.(4) Any impediments to the transition of new unexploded ordnance detection instrument technologies to regular operation in remediation programs.(5) The transfer of such technologies to private sector entities involved in the detection of unexploded ordnance.(6) Activities undertaken by the Department to raise public awareness regarding unexploded ordnance.(c) Unexploded Ordnance Defined.—In this section, the term “unexploded ordnance” has the meaning given such term in section 101(e)(5) of title 10, United States Code.