Report on Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

(a) Report The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Defense, a report on the effects and transition of research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. (b) Elements The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of how research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs has contributed to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, clinical care, operational medicine, or readiness outcomes. (2) An identification of research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs with near-term potential to transition into the military health system, operational use by the military departments, or broader clinical practice. (3) An assessment of barriers that may prevent promising research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs from reaching patients or being adopted for clinical or operational use. (4) Recommendations to improve transition pathways for research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. (c) Form The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex or annex with other controlled information.