3.0.0 3310 2022-12-30T03:18:55Z 2022-12-30T03:18:55Z Senate S 2021-12-02 117 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-02T22:57:05Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 117 4350 HR 2022-03-01 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 144. Related bill CRS BEACON Act of 2021 117 5107 HR 2021-08-27 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-02 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2021-12-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2021-12-07 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Education programs funding Higher education Military procurement, research, weapons development Minority education Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Research and development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-12-02 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-07T14:58:46Z Building Equitable Access to Contribute to Our National Security Act of 2021 or the BEACON Act of 2021

This bill implements plans and requirements related to minority institutions of higher education and their contributions to national security efforts.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a plan for the establishment of the Minority Institute for Defense Research. The plan must be made available on a publicly accessible DOD website.

DOD is authorized to establish a program to award grants to leading minority institutions to, among other purposes, advance research capabilities relating to national security.

Under the bill, certain contracts awarded to educational institutions must include a requirement to subcontract with one or more minority institutions for a total amount of at least 5% of the amount awarded in the contract.

]]> BEACON Act of 2021 Display Title BEACON Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced BEACON Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Building Equitable Access to Contribute to Our National Security Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to establish the Minority Institute for Defense Research, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3310is/xml/BILLS-117s3310is.xml 2021-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.