[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5769]
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  SA 1090. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LIEUTENANT HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER LEADERSHIP 
                   SCHOLARSHIPS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall designate 
     a number of scholarships under the Army Senior Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) program that are available 
     to students at minority-serving institutions as ``Lieutenant 
     Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarships''.
       (b) Number Designated.--The number of scholarships 
     designated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be the number the 
     Secretary determines appropriate to increase the number of 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships at 
     minority-serving institutions. In making the determination, 
     the Secretary shall give appropriate consideration to the 
     following:
       (1) The number of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     scholarships available at all institutions participating on 
     the Senior Reserve Officer's Training Corps program.
       (2) The number of such minority-serving institutions that 
     offer the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program to 
     their students.
       (c) Amount of Scholarship.--The Secretary may increase any 
     scholarship designated pursuant to subsection (a) to an 
     amount in excess of the amount of the Senior Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps program scholarship that would 
     otherwise be offered at the minority-serving institution 
     concerned if the Secretary considers that a scholarship of 
     such increased amount is appropriate for the purpose of the 
     scholarship.
       (d) Minority-serving Institution Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``minority-serving institution'' means an 
     institution of higher education described in section 371(a) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
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