[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 150 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5809]
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  SA 1094. Mr. REED (for Ms. Cortez Masto) proposed an amendment 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; as follows:

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

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCREASING ENROLLMENT IN SENIOR 
                   RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS PROGRAMS AT 
                   MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Armed Forces should take appropriate actions to increase 
     enrollment in Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) 
     programs at minority-serving institutions.
       (b) 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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