[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6476. Mr. REED (for Mr. Warner) 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 II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORITY-SERVING 
                   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-SERVING 
                   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-
     serving 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-
     serving institutions for a total amount of not less than 5 
     percent of the amount awarded in the contract.
       ``(b) Definition of Minority-serving Institution.--In this 
     section, the term `minority-serving institution' means an 
     institution listed in section 371(a) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).''.
       (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-serving 
              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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