S.Amdt. 4272

SA 4272. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 1054. BRIEFING ON GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION OF DEFENSE
INNOVATION UNIT ACTIVITIES.

Not later than one year after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to Congress on
courses of action to expand the geographic reach of Defense
Innovation Unit activities to new or underserved regions,
with particular emphasis on--
(1) access to partnership opportunities at institutions of
higher education that conduct relevant Federally funded
research;
(2) access to a relevant private commercial sector; and
(3) proximity to major Department of Defense installations
and relevant activities.
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