[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1709. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Beginning on page 41, strike line 20 and all that follows 
     through page 42, line 12, and insert the following:
       (8) Individuals that will grow the domestic workforce.--The 
     term ``individuals that will grow the domestic workforce'' 
     does not include any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who 
     is unlawfully present in the United States.
       (9) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1001).
       (10) Key technology focus areas.--The term ``key technology 
     focus areas'' means the areas included on the most recent 
     list under section 2005.
       (11) Minority-serving institution.--The term ``minority-
     serving institution'' means an institution described in 
     section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1067q(a)).
       (12) National laboratory.--The term ``National 
     Laboratory'', without respect to capitalization, has the 
     meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act 
     of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
       (13) STEM.--The term ``STEM'' means the academic and 
     professional disciplines of science, technology, engineering, 
     and mathematics, including computer science.
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