[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8294-S8295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4718. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MINORITY INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE RESEARCH.

       (a) Plan to Establish Minority Institute for Defense 
     Research.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a plan (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Plan'') for the establishment of the 
     Minority Institute for Defense Research (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Consortium'').
       (2) Elements.--The Plan shall include the following:
       (A) Information relating to the projected needs of the 
     Department for the next twenty years with respect to 
     essential engineering, research, or development capability.
       (B) An assessment relating to the engineering, research, 
     and development capability of each minority institution to 
     identify each leading minority institution.
       (C) Information relating to the advancements and 
     investments necessary to elevate a minority institution or a 
     consortium of minority institutions to the research capacity 
     of a University Affiliated Research Center.
       (D) Recommendations relating to actions that may be taken 
     by the Department, Congress, and minority institutions to 
     establish the Consortium within 10 years.
       (3) Publicly available.--The Plan shall be posted on a 
     publicly available website of the Department.
       (b) Naming of the Consortium.--With respect to the naming 
     of the Consortium, the Secretary shall--
       (1) establish a process to solicit and review proposals of 
     names from--
       (A) minority institutions;
       (B) nonprofit institutions that advocate on behalf of 
     minority institutions; and
       (C) members of the public;
       (2) develop a list of all names received pursuant to 
     paragraph (1);
       (3) provide opportunity for public comment on the names 
     included on such list; and
       (4) choose a name from such list to name the Consortium.
       (c) Grant Program for Leading Minority Institutions.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may establish a program to 
     award grants, on a competitive basis, to leading minority 
     institutions for the purposes described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Purposes.--The purposes described in this paragraph are 
     the following:
       (A) Establishing a legal entity for the purpose of entering 
     into research contracts or agreements with the Federal 
     Government or the Consortium.
       (B) Developing the capability to bid on Federal Government 
     or Consortium contracts.
       (C) Requesting technical assistance from the Federal 
     Government or a private entity with respect to contracting 
     with the Federal Government or the Consortium.
       (D) Recruiting and retaining research faculty.
       (E) Advancing research capabilities relating to the 
     national security of the United States.
       (F) Any other matter determined appropriate by the 
     Secretary.
       (3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     this section, a leading minority institution shall submit to 
     the Secretary an application therefor in such form, and 
     containing such information, as the Secretary may require.
       (4) Preference.--In awarding grants pursuant to paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary shall give preference to a leading 
     minority institution with a R1 or R2 status on the Carnegie 
     Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Department'' means the Department of 
     Defense.
       (2) The term ``leading minority institution'' means a 
     minority institution identified (pursuant to the assessment 
     required under subsection (a)(2)(B)) as being in the top 20 
     percent of all such institutions with respect to providing 
     essential engineering, research, or development capability.
       (3) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
       (4) The term ``minority institution'' means--
       (A) a part B institution (as such term is defined in 
     section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1061)); or
       (B) any institution of higher education at which not less 
     than 50 percent of the total student enrollment consists of 
     students from ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the 
     fields of science and engineering.
       (5) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense.
       (6) The term ``University Affiliated Research Center'' 
     means a research organization within an institution of higher 
     education that--
       (A) provides or maintains Department essential engineering, 
     research, or development capabilities; and
       (B) receives sole source contract funding from the 
     Department pursuant to section 2304(c)(3)(B) of title 10, 
     United States Code.

     SEC. ___. SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2304 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(m)(1) The head of an agency shall require that a 
     contract awarded to an educational institution pursuant to 
     subsection (c)(3)(B) includes a requirement to subcontract 
     with one or more minority institutions for a total amount of 
     not less than 5 percent of the amount awarded in the 
     contract.
       ``(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a minority 
     institution means--
       ``(A) a part B institution (as that term is defined in 
     section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1061(2))); or
       ``(B) any other institution of higher education (as that 
     term is defined in section 101 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1001)) 
     at which not less than 50 percent of the total student 
     enrollment consists of students from ethnic groups that are 
     underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) take effect on October 1, 2026; and
       (2) apply with respect to funds that are awarded by the 
     Department of Defense on or after such date.

     SEC. ___. FUNDING FOR APPLIED AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 
                   DEVELOPMENT AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
                   UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) Additional Funding.--
       (1) Applied research.--(A) The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby 
     increased by $30,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
     be available for Advancement of S&T Priorities (PE 
     0602251D8Z).
       (B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     available for minority institutions.
       (2) Advanced technology development.--(A) The amount 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by section 
     201 for research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby 
     increased by $15,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
     be available for Advanced Research High speed flight 
     experiment testing (PE 0603180C).
       (B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     available for minority institutions.
       (b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2022 by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
     is hereby decreased by $45,000,000, with the amount of the 
     decrease to be taken from amounts available as specified in 
     the funding table in section 4301 for the Afghanistan 
     Security Forces Fund, Afghan Air Force Sustainment.
       (c) Definition of Minority Institution.--In this section, 
     the term ``minority institution'' means--
       (1) a part B institution (as such term is defined in 
     section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1061)); or
       (2) any institution of higher education at which not less 
     than 50 percent of the total

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     student enrollment consists of students from ethnic groups 
     that are underrepresented in the fields of science and 
     engineering.
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