[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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