[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7933-S7934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4427. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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 XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3157. UNIVERSITY-BASED NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
                   COLLABORATION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Title XLIII of the Atomic Energy Defense 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 2565 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``SEC. 4312. UNIVERSITY-BASED NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
                   COLLABORATION PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Program.--The Administrator shall--

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       ``(1) establish a program to develop a policy research 
     consortium of institutions of higher education and nonprofit 
     entities in support of implementing and innovating the 
     defense nuclear nonproliferation programs of the 
     Administration; and
       ``(2) execute such program in a manner similar to the 
     program established under section 4814.
       ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the consortium established 
     under subsection (a) are as follows:
       ``(1) To inform the formulation and application of policy 
     through the conduct of research and analysis regarding 
     defense nuclear nonproliferation programs.
       ``(2) To maintain open-source databases on issues relevant 
     to understanding defense nuclear nonproliferation, arms 
     control, and nuclear security.
       ``(3) To facilitate the collaboration of research centers 
     of excellence relating to defense nuclear nonproliferation to 
     better distribute expertise to specific issues and scenarios 
     regarding relating to nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, 
     and nuclear security .
       ``(c) Duties.--
       ``(1) Support.--The Administrator shall ensure that the 
     consortium established under subsection (a) provides support 
     to individuals described in paragraph (2) through the use of 
     nongovernmental fellowships, scholarships, research 
     internships, workshops, short courses, summer schools, and 
     research grants.
       ``(2) Individuals described.--Individuals described in this 
     paragraph are graduate students, academics, and policy 
     specialists, who are focused on policy innovation related 
     to--
       ``(A) defense nuclear nonproliferation;
       ``(B) arms control;
       ``(C) nuclear deterrence;
       ``(D) foreign nuclear programs;
       ``(E) nuclear safeguards and security; or
       ``(F) educating and training individuals interested in the 
     study of defense nuclear nonproliferation policy.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 4311 the following new item:

``Sec. 4312. University-based nuclear nonproliferation collaboration 
              program.''.
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