[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5928-S5929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6405. Mr. WARNER 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:

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     SEC. ___. SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORITY 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 303 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 4127. Subcontracting requirements for minority 
       institutions

       ``(a) In General.--(1) The head of an agency shall require 
     that a contract awarded to Department of Defense Federally 
     Funded Research and Development Center or University 
     Affiliated Research Center includes a requirement to 
     establish a partnership to develop the capacity of minority 
     institutions to address the research and development needs of 
     the Department.
       ``(2) Partnerships established pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     shall be through a subcontract with one or more minority 
     institutions for a total amount of not less than 5 percent of 
     the amount awarded in the contract.
       ``(b) 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(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1061(2))); or
       ``(2) any other institution of higher education (as such 
     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) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 303 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 4126 the 
     following new item:

``4127. Subcontracting requirements for minority institutions.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     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.
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