S.Amdt. 4628

SA 4628. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mr. Cramer)
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 A of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1516. CONSORTIUM OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR
SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Establishment of Consortium.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of
Space Operations, in coordination with the Chief Technology
and Innovation Office of the Space Force, shall establish a
consortium, led by 1 or more institutions of higher education
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), for space technology development.
(b) Support.--The consortium established under subsection
(a) shall support the research, development, and
demonstration needs of the Space Force, including by
addressing and facilitating the advancement of capabilities
related to--
(1) space domain awareness;
(2) position, navigation, and timing;
(3) autonomy;
(4) data analytics;
(5) communications;
(6) space-based power generation; and
(7) space applications for cybersecurity.
(c) Education and Training.--The consortium established
under subsection (a) shall--
(1) promote education and training for students in order to
support the future national security space workforce of the
United States; and
(2) explore opportunities for international collaboration.
(d) Additional Funding.--
(1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for the use of the
Department of Defense for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Space Force, and available for space technology,
as specified in the funding table in section 4201, is hereby
increased by $7,500,000.
(2) Availability.--The amount available under paragraph (1)
shall be available for the consortium established under
subsection (a).
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