1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DEPSCoR Reauthorization Act of 2017 . 2. Reauthorization of Department of Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (a) Modification of program objectives Subsection (b) of section 257 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 ( Public Law 103–337 ; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following new paragraph (1): (1) To increase the number of university researchers in eligible States capable of performing science and engineering research responsive to the needs of the Department of Defense. ; and (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting relevant to the mission of the Department of Defense and after that is . (b) Modification of program activities Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3): (3) To provide assistance to science and engineering researchers at institutions of higher education in eligible States through collaboration between Department of Defense laboratories and such researchers. . (c) Modification of eligibility criteria for State participation Subsection (d) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting in areas relevant to the mission of the Department of Defense after programs ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The Under Secretary shall not remove a designation of a State under paragraph (2) because the State exceeds the funding levels specified under subparagraph (A) of such paragraph unless the State has exceeded such funding levels for at least two consecutive years. . (d) Modification of name (1) In general Such section is amended— (A) in subsections (a) and (e) by striking Experimental each place it appears and inserting Established