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10 U.S.C. § 4128 — Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program
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**(a) Program Required.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall establish the panels described in subsection (b) and direct such panels—
(A) to review and make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to—
(i) existing policies and practices affecting the science and technology reinvention laboratories to improve the mission effectiveness of such laboratories;
(ii) new initiatives proposed by the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
(iii) new interpretations of existing provisions of law that would enhance the ability of a director of a science and technology reinvention laboratory to manage the laboratory and discharge the mission of the laboratory;
(B) to support implementation of current and future initiatives affecting the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
(C) to conduct assessments or data analysis on the effectiveness of the authorities granted to the science and technology reinvention laboratories and such other issues as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(2) The program carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program”.
**(b) Panels.—** The panels described in this subsection are the following:
(1) A panel on personnel, workforce development, and talent management.
(2) A panel on facilities, equipment, and infrastructure.
(3) A panel on research strategy, technology transfer, and industry and university partnerships.
(4) A panel on governance and oversight processes.
**(c) Composition of Panels.—**
(1) Each panel described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) may be composed of subject matter and
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**(a) Program Required.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall establish the panels described in subsection (b) and direct such panels—
(A) to review and make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to—
(i) existing policies and practices affecting the science and technology reinvention laboratories to improve the mission effectiveness of such laboratories;
(ii) new initiatives proposed by the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
(iii) new interpretations of existing provisions of law that would enhance the ability of a director of a science and technology reinvention laboratory to manage the laboratory and discharge the mission of the laboratory;
(B) to support implementation of current and future initiatives affecting the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
(C) to conduct assessments or data analysis on the effectiveness of the authorities granted to the science and technology reinvention laboratories and such other issues as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(2) The program carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program”.
**(b) Panels.—** The panels described in this subsection are the following:
(1) A panel on personnel, workforce development, and talent management.
(2) A panel on facilities, equipment, and infrastructure.
(3) A panel on research strategy, technology transfer, and industry and university partnerships.
(4) A panel on governance and oversight processes.
**(c) Composition of Panels.—**
(1) Each panel described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) may be composed of subject matter and technical management experts from—
(A) laboratories and research centers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force;
(B) appropriate Defense Agencies;
(C) the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; and
(D) such other entities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(2) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall be composed of—
(A) at least one member from each of the science and technology reinvention laboratories; and
(B) such other members as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(d) Governance of Panels.—**
(1) The chairperson of each panel established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be selected by the members of the respective panel.
(2) Each panel, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall transmit to the Science and Technology Executive Committee of the Department of Defense such information or findings on topics requiring decision or approval as the panel considers appropriate.
**(e) Interpretation of Provisions of Law.—**
(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, acting under the guidance of the Secretary, shall issue regulations regarding the meaning, scope, implementation, and applicability of any provision of a statute relating to a science and technology reinvention laboratory.
(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall, to the degree practicable, emphasize providing the maximum operational flexibility to the directors of the science and technology reinvention laboratories to discharge the missions of their laboratories.
(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, consult and coordinate with the secretaries of the military departments and such other agencies or entities as the Under Secretary considers relevant on any proposed revision to regulations under paragraph (1).
(4) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall seek recommendations from the panel described in subsection (b)(4).
**(f) Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Defined.—** In this section, the term “science and technology reinvention laboratory” means a Department of Defense laboratory designated as a Department of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratory under [section 4121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4121&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may carry out personnel demonstration projects at Department of Defense laboratories designated by the Secretary as Department of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratories.
(2)
(A) Each personnel demonstration project carried out under the authority of paragraph (1) shall be generally similar in nature to the China Lake demonstration project.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the China Lake demonstration project is the demonstration project that is authorized by section 6 of the Civil Service Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–224) to be continued at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, and at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California.
(3) If the Secretary carries out a demonstration project at a laboratory pursuant to paragraph (1), [section 4703 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4703&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the demonstration project, except that—
(A) subsection (d) of such section 4703 shall not apply to the demonstration project;
(B) the authority of the Secretary to carry out the demonstration project is that which is provided in paragraph (1) rather than the authority which is provided in such section 4703; and
(C) the Secretary shall exercise the authorities granted to the Office of Personnel Management under such section 4703 through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (who shall place an emphasis in the exercise of such authorities on enhancing efficient operations of the laboratory and who may, in exercising such authorities, request administrative support from science and technology reinvention laboratories to review, research, and adjudicate per
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering a Joint Federated Assurance Center (referred to in this section as the “Center”).
**(b) Purpose.—** The purpose of the Center shall be to serve as a joint, Department-wide federation of organizations and capabilities to support the assurance needs of the Department of Defense by ensuring, pursuant to policies related to hardware and software assurance and supply chain risk management, that the software and hardware developed, acquired, maintained, and used by the Department are free from intentional and unintentional vulnerability during the life-cycle of development and deployment of assured, trustworthy defense systems.
**(c) Governance.—**
(1) The Center shall be governed by an Executive Steering Group. The Executive Steering Group shall continually evaluate the Center’s capabilities to support the hardware and software assurance needs of the Department.
(2) The Executive Steering Group shall be composed of one or more representatives from each of the organizations that comprise the Center.
(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall serve as co-Chairpersons of the Executive Steering Group.
**(d) Duties.—** The duties of the Center are as follows:
(1) Providing knowledge management capabilities for hardware and software assurance for the Department.
(2) Providing Department-wide visibility on strategy, use cases, procurement, investment, and other relevant activities to aggregate, to the extent practicable, assurance tool purchases by the Department.
(3) Developing and standardizing policies, procedures, competencies, risk assessment methodologies, and indepe
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 4128
1 Another section 4128 is set out after this section.
(B) Non-profit organizations that provide
policy, research, outreach, operations, orga-
nizational, management, testing, evalua-
tion, technology transfer, legal, financial, or
advocacy expertise.
(C) For-profit commercial enterprises that
may be publicly or privately owned, early
stage or mature, and incorporated or oper-
ating by another ownership structure.
(D) Departments or agencies of the Federal
Government with expertise, operations, or
resources related to the objectives of the
multi-stakeholder research and innovation
partnership.
(2) The term ‘‘nontraditional capability’’
means a solution to an operational challenge
that can significantly leverage commercial in-
novation or external capital with minimal de-
pendencies on fielded systems.
(3) The term ‘‘nontraditional defense con-
tractor’’ has the meaning given that term in
section 3014 of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title IX, § 913(a)(1),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 365; amended Pub. L.
118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(43), Dec. 23,
2024, 138 Stat. 2206.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2024—Pub. L. 118–159 substituted ‘‘Defense Innovation
Unit’’ for ‘‘Defense innovation unit’’ in section catch-
line.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE; IMPLEMENTATION
Section effective 180 days after Dec. 22, 2023, with ad-
ditional implementation requirements, see section
913(b)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as notes under
section 1766 of this title.
§ 4128.1 Laboratory Quality Enhancement Pro-
gram
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of
Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering, shall
carry out a program under which th
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