S.Amdt. 6457
What it does: Adds SEC. 1077. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK (NSIN) PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION at the end of subtitle G of title X
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1077. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK (NSIN) PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION at the end of subtitle G of title X
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) as a recognition of Senator Inhofe's long history of engaging with, and advocating for, Africa, the Department of Defense Africa Center for Strategic Studies should be renamed the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Studies.
Inserted: SEC. 1077. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK (NSIN) PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Inserted: (a) Short Title.--This section may be referred to as the "HBCU National Security Innovation Act".
Inserted: (b) Pilot Program.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, acting through the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), may establish activities, including outreach and technical assistance, to better connect historically Black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions (as described in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q)) to the commercialization, innovation, and entrepreneurial activities of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the initiation of any pilot activities under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense committees on the results of any activities conducted under the aforementioned pilot program, including--
Inserted: (1) the results of outreach efforts;
Inserted: (2) the success of expanding NSIN programs to historically Black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions;
Inserted: (3) the potential barriers to expansion; and
Inserted: (4) recommendations for how the Department of Defense can support such institutions to successfully participate in Department of Defense commercialization, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6457. Mr. REED (for Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 proposed by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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. 1077. OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK (NSIN) PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be referred to as the “HBCU National Security Innovation Act”.
(b) Pilot Program.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, acting through the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), may establish activities, including outreach and technical assistance, to better connect historically Black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions (as described in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q)) to the commercialization, innovation, and entrepreneurial activities of the Department of Defense.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the initiation of any pilot activities under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense committees on the results of any activities conducted under the aforementioned pilot program, including--
(1) the results of outreach efforts;
(2) the success of expanding NSIN programs to historically Black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions;
(3) the potential barriers to expansion; and
(4) recommendations for how the Department of Defense can support such institutions to successfully participate in Department of Defense commercialization, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs.
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Senate amendment submitted
October 11, 2022