[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2560. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY ON RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE IN 
                   CERTAIN TECHNICAL FIELDS.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a study to determine how the Department of Defense can 
     attract and recruit from institutions of higher education, 
     including the institutions described in subsection (b), 
     students with educational backgrounds in science, technology, 
     engineering, and mathematics, including the fields of 
     artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
       (b) Institutions Described.--The institutions described in 
     this subsection are--
       (1) Hispanic Serving Institutions (as defined in section 
     502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a));
       (2) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (as 
     defined in section 322 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1061)); and
       (3) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander 
     Serving Institutions (as defined in Section 371(c) of such 
     Act (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)).
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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