S.Amdt. 4821

SA 4821. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. MINORITY INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE RESEARCH.

(a) Plan to Promote Defense Research at Minority
Institutions.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan (in
this section referred to as the ``Plan'')--
(A) to promote defense research activities at minority
institutions to elevate the defense research capacity of
minority institutions; and
(B) for the establishment of the Minority Institute for
Defense Research (in this section referred to as the
``Consortium'').
(2) Elements.--The Plan shall include the following:
(A) An assessment relating to the engineering, research,
and development capability, including the workforce,
administrative support, and physical research infrastructure,
of minority institutions and their ability to participate in
defense research and engineering activities and effectively
compete for defense research contracts.
(B) An assessment of the activities and investments
necessary to elevate minority institutions or a consortium of
minority institutions, including historically Black colleges
and universities, to the level of R1 research institutions
and increase their participation

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in, and ability to effectively compete for, defense research
and engineering activities.
(C) Recommendations relating to actions that may be taken
by the Department of Defense, Congress, and minority
institutions to establish the Consortium within 3 years.
(D) The specific goals, incentives, and metrics developed
by the Secretary in subsection (c) to increase and measure
the capacity of minority institutions to address the research
and development needs of the Department.
(3) Consultation.--In developing the plan under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall consult with such other public and
private sector organizations as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(4) Publicly available.--The Secretary shall post the Plan
on a publicly available website of the Department.
(5) Minority institution defined.--In this subsection, the
term ``minority institution'' means--
(A) a part B institution (as such term is defined in
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1061)); or
(B) an accredited minority institution (as such term is
defined in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1067k)).
(b) Activities to Support Research and Engineering Capacity
of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-
serving Institutions of Higher Education.--Subsection (c) of
section 2362 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
``(4) Developing the capability, including workforce,
administrative support, and research infrastructure
(including physical), of covered educational institutions to
more effectively compete for Federal research and engineering
funding opportunities.''.
(c) Increasing Incentives for National Security Research
and Engineering Organizations to Collaborate With
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-
serving Institutions of Higher Education.--Subsection (d) of
such section is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense may develop''
and inserting ``The Secretary of Defense shall--
``(1) develop'';
(2) in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (1), by
striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) establish goals and incentives for each federally
funded research and development center, science and
technology reinvention laboratory, and university-affiliated
research center funded by the Department of Defense to
increase and measure the capacity of covered educational
institutions to address the research and development needs of
the Department through partnerships and collaborations.''.
(d) Increasing Partnerships for Minority Institutions With
National Security Research and Engineering Organizations.--
Such section is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as (f) and (g)
respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) Partnerships.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
``(1) require the core capabilities of each university-
affiliated research center to include partnerships with
covered educational institutions;
``(2) require in each indefinite delivery indefinite
quantity established or renewed with a university-affiliated
research center to establish or maintain a partnership with a
specific covered educational institution or consortium of
covered educational institutions for the purpose of capacity
building at such covered educational institution or covered
educational institutions;
``(3) require each university-affiliated research center to
report annually on their subcontracts and other activities
with covered educational institutions; and
``(4) post on a publicly available website of the
Department a list of covered educational institutions and
their defense research capabilities.''.
(e) Definition of University-affiliated Research Centers.--
Subsection (g) of such section, as redesignated by subsection
(d)(1), is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) the term `covered educational institution' means--
``(A) an institution of higher education eligible for
assistance under title III or V of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.); or
``(B) an accredited postsecondary minority institution.
``(2) The term `university-affiliated research center'
means a research organization within an institution of higher
education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that--
``(A) provides or maintains Department essential
engineering, research, or development capabilities; and
``(B) receives sole source contract funding from the
Department pursuant to section 2304(c)(3)(B) of this
title.''.

SEC. ___. FUNDING FOR APPLIED AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.

(a) Additional Funding.--
(1) Applied research.--(A) The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for Advancement of S&T Priorities (PE
0602251D8Z).
(B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) shall be
available for minority institutions.
(2) Advanced technology development.--(A) The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by section
201 for research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for Advanced Research (PE 0603180C).
(B) The amount available under subparagraph (A) shall be
available for minority institutions.
(b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2022 by section 301 for operation and maintenance
is hereby decreased by $20,000,000, with the amount of the
decrease to be taken from amounts available as specified in
the funding table in section 4301 for the Afghanistan
Security Forces Fund, Afghan Air Force Sustainment.
(c) Minority Institution Defined.--In this subsection, the
term ``minority institution'' means--
(1) a part B institution (as such term is defined in
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1061)); or
(2) an accredited minority institution (as such term is
defined in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1067k)).
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