[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2357. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1066. PROMOTING FEDERAL PROCUREMENT WITH HISTORICALLY 
                   BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--The head of an executive agency, or a 
     contracting officer where applicable, shall--
       (1) assist historically Black colleges and universities and 
     minority institutions to develop viable, self-sustaining 
     businesses capable of competing on an equal basis in the 
     mainstream of the United States economy; and
       (2) promote Federal procurement with historically Black 
     colleges and universities and minority institutions by 
     establishing--
       (A) participation goals of not less than 10 percent for 
     historically Black colleges and universities and minority 
     institutions;
       (B) requirements that prime contractors and other 
     recipients of Federal funds attain similar participation 
     goals in their procurement; and
       (C) other mechanisms that ensure historically Black 
     colleges and universities and minority institutions have a 
     fair opportunity to participate in Federal procurement.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``historically Black college and university'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 631 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132).
       (3) The term ``minority institution'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1067k).
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