text: SECTION 1. PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO 
                ENHANCE HOMELAND SECURITY.
  
      (a) Establishment of Program.--The Office of Federal Procurement 
  Policy Act (41 U.S.C. et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 40. PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE 
                HOMELAND SECURITY.
  
      ``(a) Establishment of Program.--The Administrator shall establish 
  and promote a Governmentwide program to encourage and recognize 
  contractor innovation and excellence in facilitating the defense of the 
  United States against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, 
  biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
      ``(b) Issuance of Agency Announcements Seeking Innovative 
  Solutions.--Under the program, the Administrator, in consultation with 
  the Director of the Office of Homeland Security, the Associate Director 
  for Information Technology and E-Government of the Office of Management 
  and Budget, and the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Commerce, 
  Transportation, and the Treasury, shall issue agency announcements 
  seeking unique and innovative solutions to advance the defense of the 
  United States against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, 
  biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
      ``(c) Multiagency Technical Assistance Team.--(1) The 
  Administrator, in consultation with the individuals described in 
  subsection (b), shall convene a multiagency technical assistance team 
  to assist in screening proposals submitted to the Administrator to 
  provide unique and innovative solutions to advance the defense of the 
  United States against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, 
  biological, chemical, or radiological attack. The team shall be 
  composed of employees of the participating agencies who have expertise 
  in scientific and technical disciplines that would facilitate the 
  assessment of the feasibility of the proposals.
      ``(2) The technical assistance team shall--
              ``(A) assess the feasibility, scientific and technical 
          merits, and estimated cost of each proposal; and
              ``(B) submit each proposal, and the assessment of the 
          proposal, to each executive agency whose mission most coincides 
          with the subject matter of the proposal.
      ``(3) The technical assistance team shall not consider or evaluate 
  proposals submitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a 
  pending procurement or for a specific agency requirement.
      ``(d) Monetary Awards for Innovative Solutions.--(1) Under the 
  program carried out under this section, the Administrator shall provide 
  monetary awards in recognition of unique and innovative solutions with 
  the potential to significantly advance the defense of the United States 
  against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, 
  or radiological attack.
      ``(2) The Administrator shall use a competitive process to select 
  recipients of monetary awards under this subsection which shall include 
  the widely advertised solicitation (including the agency announcements 
  described in subsection (b)) of descriptive submissions on technology 
  developments and prototypes, the substance of which are not otherwise 
  available to the United States. The Administrator shall work with the 
  multiagency technical assistance team described in subsection (c) in 
  carrying out the competitive selection process.
      ``(3) An award made under this subsection may not exceed $20,000. 
  The total amount of awards made under this subsection in a fiscal year 
  may not exceed $500,000.
      ``(4) At least one quarter of the total amount awarded under this 
  subsection during a fiscal year shall be awarded to small business 
  concerns, within the meaning of such term as used in the Small Business 
  Act (15 U.S.C. 632 et seq.).''.
      (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents at the beginning of 
  such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 40. Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance 
                              homeland security.''.
  
  SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS.
  
      (a) Pilot Program.--The Administrator of the Office of Federal 
  Procurement Policy shall, in consultation with the Assistant to the 
  President for Homeland Security, establish a pilot program under which 
  the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Commerce, Transportation, and the 
  Treasury may--
              (1) test the innovative use of streamlined acquisition 
          authorities and procedures authorized by law, with emphasis on 
          provisions authorizing the rapid acquisition of goods and 
          services; and
              (2) test the feasibility of rapidly entering into contracts 
          with private entities to carry out immediate solutions to key 
          homeland security needs using, to the maximum extent 
          practicable, commercial, off-the-shelf items and commercially 
          available services.
      (b) Use of Streamlined Acquisition Authorities.--Under the pilot 
  program, the head of an executive agency referred to in subsection (a) 
  shall, if appropriate, use streamlined acquisition authorities and 
  procedures authorized by law, including authorities and procedures that 
  are provided under the following provisions:
              (1) In title III of the Federal Property and Administrative 
          Services Act of 1949:
                      (A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection 
                  (c) of section 303 (41 U.S.C. 253), relating to use of 
                  procedures other than competitive procedures under 
                  certain circumstances (subject to subsection (e) of 
                  such section).
                      (B) Section 303J (41 U.S.C. 253j), relating to 
                  orders under task and delivery order contracts.
              (2) In chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code:
                      (A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection 
                  (c) of section 2304, relating to use of procedures 
                  other than competitive procedures under certain 
                  circumstances (subject to subsection (e) of such 
                  section).
                      (B) Section 2304c, relating to orders under task 
                  and delivery order contracts.
              (3) Paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(D), and (2) of section 18(c) of 
          the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
          416(c)), relating to inapplicability of a requirement for 
          procurement notice.
      (c) Waiver of Requirements.--(1) To carry out the pilot program 
  under this section, the head of an agency may waive--
              (A) any provision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
          that is not required by statute; and
              (B) any provision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
          that is required by a provision of law described in paragraph 
          (2), the waiver of which the head of the agency determines in 
          writing to be necessary to carry out the pilot program.
      (2) The provisions of law referred to in paragraph (1) are as 
  follows:
              (A) Section 18 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
          Act (41 U.S.C. 416).
              (B) Subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 8 of the Small 
          Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637).
      (d) Limitations.--(1) The head of an agency authorized to 
  participate in the pilot program may carry out not more than one 
  project under the program and may enter into not more than three 
  contracts to carry out the project.
      (2) A project carried out under this section shall be approved by 
  the Administrator in consultation with the Assistant to the President 
  for Homeland Security and the multiagency technical assistance team 
  established under section 40(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
  Policy Act (as added by section 1).
      (e) Criteria for Evaluating Results.--The head of an agency 
  participating in the pilot program under this section shall establish 
  measurable mission-related criteria for evaluating the results of a 
  project under the program. Such agency head shall, as soon as 
  practicable after the completion of the project, report to the 
  Administrator on the lessons learned from the project. The 
  Administrator shall share the results of, and reports on, all the 
  projects carried out under this section with the heads of other 
  agencies that carry out responsibilities with respect to homeland 
  security.
      (f) Prohibition Against Discrimination Against Small Business 
  Concerns.--This section shall be applied in a manner that does not 
  discriminate against small business concerns (within the meaning of 
  such term as used in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632 et seq.)) or 
  any type of small business concern.
target: Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish a Government-wide program to encourage and recognize contractor innovation and excellence in facilitating the defense of the United States against, or recovery from, terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue agency announcements seeking innovative solutions to advance defense against or recovery from such an attack; (2) convene a multiagency technical assistance team to assess feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated costs and submit each proposal to each executive agency whose mission most coincides with the proposal's subject matter; and (3) provide monetary awards in recognition of unique and innovative solutions.Directs the Administrator to establish a pilot program under which the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Commerce, Transportation, and the Treasury may test: (1) the innovative use of streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures; and (2) the feasibility of rapidly entering into contracts with private entities to carry out immediate solutions to key homeland security needs using commercial, off-the-shelf items and commercially available services.
feat_title: To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a program to encourage and support carrying out innovative proposals to enhance homeland security, and for other purposes.