[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8151]
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  SA 4628. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mr. Cramer) 
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 A of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1516. CONSORTIUM OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR 
                   SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Establishment of Consortium.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of 
     Space Operations, in coordination with the Chief Technology 
     and Innovation Office of the Space Force, shall establish a 
     consortium, led by 1 or more institutions of higher education 
     (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), for space technology development.
       (b) Support.--The consortium established under subsection 
     (a) shall support the research, development, and 
     demonstration needs of the Space Force, including by 
     addressing and facilitating the advancement of capabilities 
     related to--
       (1) space domain awareness;
       (2) position, navigation, and timing;
       (3) autonomy;
       (4) data analytics;
       (5) communications;
       (6) space-based power generation; and
       (7) space applications for cybersecurity.
       (c) Education and Training.--The consortium established 
     under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) promote education and training for students in order to 
     support the future national security space workforce of the 
     United States; and
       (2) explore opportunities for international collaboration.
       (d) Additional Funding.--
       (1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for the use of the 
     Department of Defense for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, Space Force, and available for space technology, 
     as specified in the funding table in section 4201, is hereby 
     increased by $7,500,000.
       (2) Availability.--The amount available under paragraph (1) 
     shall be available for the consortium established under 
     subsection (a).
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