[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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