S.Amdt. 2560

SA 2560. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. STUDY ON RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE IN
CERTAIN TECHNICAL FIELDS.

(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct
a study to determine how the Department of Defense can
attract and recruit from institutions of higher education,
including the institutions described in subsection (b),
students with educational backgrounds in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, including the fields of
artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
(b) Institutions Described.--The institutions described in
this subsection are--
(1) Hispanic Serving Institutions (as defined in section
502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a));
(2) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (as
defined in section 322 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1061)); and
(3) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander
Serving Institutions (as defined in Section 371(c) of such
Act (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)).
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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