To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to issue guidance for private entities on demonstrating how biobased products meet Department of Defense requirements, and for other purposes.

This bill would require the Department of Defense's Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, working with the military departments, to create and publish guidance within one year. The guidance would explain how private companies can show that their biobased products meet Defense Department requirements. The bill would also have the Comptroller General study whether the Department's process for setting requirements excludes biobased products, and report findings to the congressional defense committees within one year. If the study finds exclusion, the report would include recommendations to reduce it. A biobased product is defined as one made by using living organisms to change living or non-living materials.

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