S.Amdt. 6148

SA 6148. Mr. KELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ADVANCE THE PROFESSION OF THE SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE.

Section 384 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (c), by inserting “and research necessary to advance the profession of the Security Cooperation workforce” before the period at the end;

(2) in subsection (e)(3)(E)--

(A) by inserting “the Defense Security Cooperation University” after “maintain”; and

(B) by inserting “and conduct research necessary to advance the profession of the security cooperation workforce” before the period at the end;

(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and

(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):

“(f) Research and Development.--(1) In engaging in research and development projects pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4001 of this title by a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of such section, the Secretary of Defense may enter into such contract or cooperative agreement or award such grant through the Defense Security Cooperation University.

“(2) The Defense Security Cooperation University shall be considered a Government-operated Federal laboratory for purposes of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a).”.