S.Amdt. 4569

SA 4569. 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS
REGARDING DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT PROGRAMS THAT
PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

(a) Pilot Program.--The Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering may establish activities, including
outreach and technical assistance, to better connect
historically Black colleges and universities and minority
serving institutions to the programs of the Defense
Innovation Unit and its associated programs.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
brief the congressional defense committees on the results of
any activities conducted under subsection (a), including the
results of outreach efforts, the success of expanding Defense
Innovation Unit programs to historically Black colleges and
universities and minority serving institutions, the barriers
to expansion, and recommendations for how the Department of
Defense and the Federal Government can support such
institutions to successfully participate in Defense
Innovation Unit programs.
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