; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (2) The term National Security Innovation Base means the network of persons and organizations, including Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, federally funded research and development centers, defense industrial base entities, nonprofit organizations, commercial entities, and venture capital firms that are engaged in the military and non-military research, development, funding, and production of innovative technologies that support the national security of the United States.