S.Amdt. 2357

SA 2357. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1066. PROMOTING FEDERAL PROCUREMENT WITH HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY
INSTITUTIONS.

(a) In General.--The head of an executive agency, or a
contracting officer where applicable, shall--
(1) assist historically Black colleges and universities and
minority institutions to develop viable, self-sustaining
businesses capable of competing on an equal basis in the
mainstream of the United States economy; and
(2) promote Federal procurement with historically Black
colleges and universities and minority institutions by
establishing--
(A) participation goals of not less than 10 percent for
historically Black colleges and universities and minority
institutions;
(B) requirements that prime contractors and other
recipients of Federal funds attain similar participation
goals in their procurement; and
(C) other mechanisms that ensure historically Black
colleges and universities and minority institutions have a
fair opportunity to participate in Federal procurement.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given the
term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
(2) The term ``historically Black college and university''
has the meaning given the term in section 631 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132).
(3) The term ``minority institution'' has the meaning given
the term in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1067k).
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