S.Amdt. 2718

SA 2718. Ms. HIRONO 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 end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STEM WORKFORCE AND SCIENCE
COMPETITIONS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) workforce and science competitions are critical to
meeting the Department of Defense's current and future
national security requirements;
(2) the Department's organized science competitions such as
in robotics to advance its science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics priorities are important;
(3) inspiring and developing the next generation of
scientists, engineers, and mathematicians is important;
(4) technology prize competitions should be carried out
under 2374a of title 10, United States Code, to stimulate
research and innovation; and
(5) such competitions should be continued and supported to
help meet the challenges faced by the Department to recruit
and retain the most qualified scientists, engineers, and
mathematicians.
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