§ 1766.
(a)
Establishment.—
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, may establish a joint reserve detachment (referred to in this section as the “Detachment”) composed of members of the reserve components described in subsection (b) to be assigned to each office of the Defense Innovation Unit to—
(1)
support engagement and collaboration with private-sector industry and the community surrounding the location of such office; and
(2)
accelerate the use and adoption of commercially-developed technologies for national security purposes.
(b)
Members.—
Each Secretary of a military department shall select for the Detachment, and make efforts to retain, members of the reserve components who possess relevant private-sector experience in the fields of business, acquisition, intelligence, engineering, technology transfer, science, mathematics, program management, logistics, cybersecurity, or such other fields as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(Added [Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title II, § 213(a)(1)], Dec. 20, 2019, [133 Stat. 1256], § 2358b; amended [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(37)], title XVIII, § 1842(b), Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 3872], 4244; renumbered § 1766, [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1878A(a)], as added [Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(q)(2)], Dec. 27, 2021, [135 Stat. 2149]; [Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title II], §§ 211(d), 213(a), title XVII, § 1701(q)(1), (u)(3)(B), Dec. 27, 2021, [135 Stat. 1587], 1588, 2148, 2152; [Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title IX, § 913(a)(4)], Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 368].)