[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6563-S6564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 6458. Mr. REED (for Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Tillis))
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499
proposed by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) to the bill H.R.
7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and 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 X, insert the following:
SEC. ____. HBCU RISE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``eligible institution'' means a historically
Black college or university or other minority-serving
institution that is classified as a high research activity
status institution at the time of application for a grant
under this section.
(2) The term ``high research activity status'' means R2
status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education.
(3) The term ``historically Black college or university''
has the meaning given the term ``part B institution'' under
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1061).
(4) The term ``other minority-serving institution'' means
an institution of higher education specified in paragraphs
(2) through (7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
(5) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense.
(6) The term ``very high research activity status'' means
R1 status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education.
(7) The term ``very high research activity status
indicators'' means the categories used by the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to
delineate which institutions have very high research activity
status, including--
(A) annual expenditures in science and engineering;
(B) per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in science and
engineering;
(C) annual expenditures in non-science and engineering
fields;
(D) per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in non-science
and engineering fields;
(E) doctorates awarded in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics fields;
(F) doctorates awarded in social science fields;
(G) doctorates awarded in the humanities;
(H) doctorates awarded in other fields with a research
emphasis;
(I) total number of research staff, including postdoctoral
researchers;
(J) other doctorate-holding non-faculty researchers in
science and engineering and per-capita (faculty) number of
doctorate-level research staff, including post-doctoral
researchers; and
(K) other categories utilized to determine classification.
(b) Program To Increase Capacity Toward Achieving Very High
Research Activity Status.--
(1) Program.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry
out a program to increase capacity at high research activity
status historically Black colleges and universities and other
minority-serving institutions toward achieving very high
research activity status.
(B) Recommendations.--In establishing such program, the
Secretary may consider the recommendations pursuant to
section 262 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) and section 220 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117-81).
(2) Considerations.--In establishing the program under this
section, the Secretary shall consider--
(A) the extent of nascent research capabilities and planned
research capabilities at eligible institutions, with respect
to research areas of interest to the Department of Defense;
(B) recommendations from previous studies for increasing
the level of research activity at high research activity
status historically Black colleges and universities and other
minority-serving institutions toward achieving very high
research activity status classification during the program,
including measurable milestones such as growth in very high
research activity status indicators and other relevant
factors;
(C) how such institutions will sustain the increased level
of research activity;
(D) how such institutions will evaluate and assess
progress;
(E) reporting requirements for such institutions
participating in the program.
(3) Program components.--
(A) Elements.--The Secretary may consider aspects of the
program that address--
(i) faculty professional development;
(ii) stipends for undergraduate and graduate students and
post-doctoral scholars;
(iii) laboratory equipment and instrumentation;
(iv) recruitment and retention of faculty and graduate
students;
(v) communication and dissemination of products produced as
part of the program;
(vi) construction, modernization, rehabilitation, or
retrofitting of facilities for research purposes; and
(vii) other activities necessary to build capacity in
achieving very high research activity status indicators.
(B) Priority areas.--The Secretary shall establish and
update, on an annual basis, a list of research priorities for
STEM and critical technologies appropriate for the program
established under this section.
(c) Evaluation.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this section and every 2 years thereafter
until the termination of the program, the Secretary shall
prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
providing an update on the program, including--
(1) activities carried out under the program;
(2) an analysis of the growth in very high research
activity status indicators of eligible institutions that
participated in the program under this section; and
(3) emerging research areas of interest to the Department
of Defense conducted by eligible institutions that
participated in the program under this section.
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(d) Termination.--The program established by this section
shall terminate 10 years after the date on which the
Secretary establishes such program.
(e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
termination of the program under subsection (d), the
Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the program that includes the following:
(1) An analysis of the growth in very high research
activity status indicators of eligible institutions that
participated in the program under this section.
(2) An evaluation on the effectiveness of the program in
increasing the research capacity of eligible institutions
that participated in the program under this section.
(3) A description of how institutions that have achieved
very high research activity status plan to sustain that
status beyond the duration of the program.
(4) An evaluation of the maintenance of very high research
status by eligible institutions that participated in the
program under this section.
(5) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in
increasing the diversity of students conducting high quality
research in unique areas.
(6) Recommendations with respect to additional activities
and investments necessary to elevate the research status of
historically Black colleges and universities and other
minority-serving institutions.
(7) Recommendations on whether the program established
under this section should be renewed or expanded.
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