[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 6338. Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) 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:
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On page S5834, September 29, 2022, in the first column, the
following appears: SA 6339. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
The online Record has been corrected to read: SA 6338. Mr. LUJAN
(for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
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At the end of subtitle B of title XV, add the following:
SEC. 1531. AUTHORIZATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
TRAINING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS WITHIN NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--The Administrator for Nuclear Security may
authorize management and operating contractors at covered
facilities to develop and implement workforce development and
training partnership programs with covered institutions to
further the education and training of employees or
prospective employees of such management and operating
contractors in order to meet the requirements of section 4219
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a).
(b) Capacity.--To carry out subsection (a), a management
and operating contractor at a covered facility may provide to
a covered institution funding through grants or other means
to cover the costs of the development and implementation of a
workforce development and training partnership program
authorized under subsection (a), including costs related to
curriculum development, hiring of teachers, procurement of
equipment and machinery, use of facilities or other
properties, and provision of scholarships and fellowships.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered institution.--The term ``covered institution''
means--
(A) a historically Black college or university;
(B) a Hispanic-serving institution; or
(C) a Tribal College or University.
(2) Covered facility.--The term ``covered facility''
means--
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico;
or
(B) the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
(3) Hispanic-serving institution.--The term ``Hispanic-
serving institution'' has the meaning given that term in
section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1101a).
(4) Historically black college or university.--The term
``historically Black college or university'' has the meaning
given the term ``part B institution'' in section 322 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
(5) Prospective employee.--The term ``prospective
employee'' means an individual who has applied or who, based
on their field of study and experience, is likely to apply
for a position of employment with a management and operating
contractor to support plutonium pit production at a covered
facility.
(6) Tribal college or university.--The term ``Tribal
College or University'' has the meaning given that term in
section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1059c).
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