1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Security Innovation Act . 2. National Security Innovation Network (a) Establishment Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2358b the following new section: 2358c. National Security Innovation Network (a) Establishment The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program office to be known as the National Security Innovation Network (referred to in this section as the Network ). The Secretary shall establish the Network within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering or within the office of another principal staff assistant to the Secretary. (b) Head of Network The head of the Network shall be an individual designated by the Secretary of Defense. (c) Responsibilities The responsibilities of the Network shall be— (1) to maintain a network throughout the United States that connects the Department of Defense to academic institutions, commercial accelerators and incubators, commercial innovation hubs, and nonprofit entities with missions and capabilities relating to national security innovation; (2) to expand the national security innovation base through integrated, project-based problem solving that leads to novel concept and solution development for the Department and facilitates dual-use ventures with national security and commercial utility; (3) to work in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, other principal staff assistants within the Office of the Secretary, and the Secretaries of the military departments to create new pathways and models of national security service that facilitate term, temporary, and permanent employment within the Department for— (A) students and graduates in the fields of science, technology, arts, engineering, and mathematics; (B) early-career and mid-career technologists; and (C) entrepreneurs for purposes of project-based work