[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8096]
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  SA 4569. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
                   UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
                   REGARDING DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT PROGRAMS THAT 
                   PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT 
                   INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

       (a) Pilot Program.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Research and Engineering may establish activities, including 
     outreach and technical assistance, to better connect 
     historically Black colleges and universities and minority 
     serving institutions to the programs of the Defense 
     Innovation Unit and its associated programs.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     brief the congressional defense committees on the results of 
     any activities conducted under subsection (a), including the 
     results of outreach efforts, the success of expanding Defense 
     Innovation Unit programs to historically Black colleges and 
     universities and minority serving institutions, the barriers 
     to expansion, and recommendations for how the Department of 
     Defense and the Federal Government can support such 
     institutions to successfully participate in Defense 
     Innovation Unit programs.
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