; and (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. I Matters Relating to Technology and Innovation 901. Intelligence Community Innovation Unit (a) Establishment Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 103K the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 103L. Intelligence Community Innovation Unit (a) Establishment The Director of National Intelligence shall establish within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a unit to be known as the Intelligence Community Innovation Unit (in this section referred to as the Unit ). (b) Duties The duties of the Unit shall be as follows: (1) To identify and evaluate commercial emerging technologies for potential adoption by the intelligence community to fulfill critical mission needs. (2) To assist the heads of the elements of the intelligence community in identifying commercial emerging technologies and associated capabilities to address critical mission needs of that element. (3) To provide to the heads of the elements of the intelligence community seeking to field commercial emerging technologies technical expertise with respect to such technologies. (4) To manage the prototyping program under subsection (e). (5) To facilitate the transition of potential solutions to critical mission needs of the intelligence community from research and prototype projects to production. (6) To serve as a liaison between the intelligence community and the private sector (with a focus on small- and medium-sized companies and other organizations that do not have significant experience engaging with the intelligence community) to fulfill the duties listed in paragraphs (1) through (5), in coordination with the head of the Office of Engagement established under section 122. (c) Director of Unit (1) Appointment