[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4490-S4491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2198. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT 
                   HBCUS AND OTHER MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

       Section 4144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
     (f) and (g), respectively; and
       (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
       ``(d) Incentives.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
     incentives to encourage research and educational 
     collaborations between covered educational institutions and 
     other institutions of higher education.
       ``(e) Requirements for UARCs and FFRDCs.--(1) Each 
     federally funded research and development center and 
     University Affiliated Research Center that receives funds 
     from the Department of Defense in a fiscal year, shall 
     allocate the applicable percentage (as described in paragraph 
     (2)) of the total amount of funds received from the 
     Department in such fiscal year to support research activities 
     (which may include activities described in subsection (c)) 
     conducted in partnership with covered educational 
     institutions that have less than $151,000,000 in federal 
     grants and contract revenue.
       ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable 
     percentage is--
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2025, not less than 2 percent;
       ``(B) for fiscal year 2026, not less than 4 percent;
       ``(C) for fiscal year 2027, not less than 6 percent;
       ``(D) for fiscal year 2028, not less than 8 percent; and
       ``(E) for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
     not less than 10 percent.
       ``(3) On an annual basis, each federally funded research 
     and development center and

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     University Affiliated Research Center subject to the 
     requirements of paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary 
     of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report 
     on--
       ``(A) the amount of funds made available covered 
     educational institutions under such paragraph; and
       ``(B) the activities carried out with such funds.''.
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