S.Amdt. 1090

SA 1090. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2018 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 end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. LIEUTENANT HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER LEADERSHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall designate
a number of scholarships under the Army Senior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) program that are available
to students at minority-serving institutions as ``Lieutenant
Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarships''.
(b) Number Designated.--The number of scholarships
designated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be the number the
Secretary determines appropriate to increase the number of
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships at
minority-serving institutions. In making the determination,
the Secretary shall give appropriate consideration to the
following:
(1) The number of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
scholarships available at all institutions participating on
the Senior Reserve Officer's Training Corps program.
(2) The number of such minority-serving institutions that
offer the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program to
their students.
(c) Amount of Scholarship.--The Secretary may increase any
scholarship designated pursuant to subsection (a) to an
amount in excess of the amount of the Senior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps program scholarship that would
otherwise be offered at the minority-serving institution
concerned if the Secretary considers that a scholarship of
such increased amount is appropriate for the purpose of the
scholarship.
(d) Minority-serving Institution Defined.--In this section,
the term ``minority-serving institution'' means an
institution of higher education described in section 371(a)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
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