[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6148. Mr. KELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ADVANCE THE PROFESSION 
                   OF THE SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE.

       Section 384 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``and research 
     necessary to advance the profession of the Security 
     Cooperation workforce'' before the period at the end;
       (2) in subsection (e)(3)(E)--
       (A) by inserting ``the Defense Security Cooperation 
     University'' after ``maintain''; and
       (B) by inserting ``and conduct research necessary to 
     advance the profession of the security cooperation 
     workforce'' before the period at the end;
       (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as 
     subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
     subsection (f):
       ``(f) Research and Development.--(1) In engaging in 
     research and development projects pursuant to subsection (a) 
     of section 4001 of this title by a contract, cooperative 
     agreement, or grant pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of such 
     section, the Secretary of Defense may enter into such 
     contract or cooperative agreement or award such grant through 
     the Defense Security Cooperation University.
       ``(2) The Defense Security Cooperation University shall be 
     considered a Government-operated Federal laboratory for 
     purposes of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a).''.
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