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[CITE: 10USC2515]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
 CHAPTER 148--NATIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, DEFENSE 
                  REINVESTMENT, AND DEFENSE CONVERSION
 
 SUBCHAPTER III--PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION, AND SUPPORT OF 
                          DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES
 
Sec. 2515. Office of Technology Transition

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish within 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Technology 
Transition.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the office shall be to ensure, to the 
maximum extent practicable, that technology developed for national 
security purposes is integrated into the private sector of the United 
States in order to enhance national technology and industrial base, 
reinvestment, and conversion activities consistent with the objectives 
set forth in section 2501(a) of this title.
    (c) Duties.--The head of the office shall ensure that the office--
        (1) monitors all research and development activities that are 
    carried out by or for the military departments and Defense Agencies;
        (2) identifies all such research and development activities that 
    use technologies, or result in technological advancements, having 
    potential nondefense commercial applications;
        (3) serves as a clearinghouse for, coordinates, and otherwise 
    actively facilitates the transition of such technologies and 
    technological advancements from the Department of Defense to the 
    private sector;
        (4) conducts its activities in consultation and coordination 
    with the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce; and
        (5) provides private firms with assistance to resolve problems 
    associated with security clearances, proprietary rights, and other 
    legal considerations involved in such a transition of technology.

    (d) Annual Report.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in paragraph (2) an annual report on 
the activities of the Office. The report shall be submitted each year at 
the same time that the budget is submitted to Congress by the President 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31. The report shall contain a 
discussion of the accomplishments of the Office during the fiscal year 
preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
    (2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are--
        (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
    Appropriations of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
    Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLII, Sec. 4225(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2683; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(a)(22), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2515, added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 823(a)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1602, related to computer-
integrated manufacturing technology, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-484, 
Sec. 4202(a).


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Annual Report'' for 
``Reporting Requirement'' in heading, designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), substituted ``The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in paragraph (2) an annual report on 
the activities of the Office. The report shall be submitted each year at 
the same time'' for ``The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives an annual report on the activities of the 
Office at the same time'', and added par. (2).


      Schedule for Establishment of Office of Technology Transition

    Section 4225(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``The Office of 
Technology Transition shall commence operations within 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1992].''


                       Submission of Annual Report

    Section 4225(c)(2) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: 
``Notwithstanding section 2515(d) of title 10, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a))--
        ``(A) the first report under that section shall be submitted not 
    later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
    [Oct. 23, 1992]; and
        ``(B) no additional report is necessary under that section in 
    the fiscal year in which such first report is submitted.''
