S.Amdt. 6458

1. Adds SEC. ____. HBCU RISE at the appropriate place in title X

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. ____. HBCU RISE.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "eligible institution" means a historically Black college or university or other minority-serving institution that is classified as a high research activity status institution at the time of application for a grant under this section.

   Inserted: (2) The term "high research activity status" means R2 status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

   Inserted: (3) The term "historically Black college or university" has the meaning given the term "part B institution" under section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).

   Inserted: (4) The term "other minority-serving institution" means an institution of higher education specified in paragraphs (2) through (7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).

   Inserted: (5) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Defense.

   Inserted: (6) The term "very high research activity status" means R1 status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

   Inserted: (7) The term "very high research activity status indicators" means the categories used by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to delineate which institutions have very high research activity status, including--

   Inserted: (A) annual expenditures in science and engineering;

   Inserted: (B) per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in science and engineering;

   Inserted: (C) annual expenditures in non-science and engineering fields;

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   Inserted: (D) per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in non-science and engineering fields;

   Inserted: (E) doctorates awarded in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields;

   Inserted: (F) doctorates awarded in social science fields;

   Inserted: (G) doctorates awarded in the humanities;

   Inserted: (H) doctorates awarded in other fields with a research emphasis;

   Inserted: (I) total number of research staff, including postdoctoral researchers;

   Inserted: (J) other doctorate-holding non-faculty researchers in science and engineering and per-capita (faculty) number of doctorate-level research staff, including post-doctoral researchers; and

   Inserted: (K) other categories utilized to determine classification.

   Inserted: (b) Program To Increase Capacity Toward Achieving Very High Research Activity Status.--

   Inserted: (1) Program.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to increase capacity at high research activity status historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions toward achieving very high research activity status.

   Inserted: (B) Recommendations.--In establishing such program, the Secretary may consider the recommendations pursuant to section 262 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) and section 220 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81).

   Inserted: (2) Considerations.--In establishing the program under this section, the Secretary shall consider--

   Inserted: (A) the extent of nascent research capabilities and planned research capabilities at eligible institutions, with respect to research areas of interest to the Department of Defense;

   Inserted: (B) recommendations from previous studies for increasing the level of research activity at high research activity status historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions toward achieving very high research activity status classification during the program, including measurable milestones such as growth in very high research activity status indicators and other relevant factors;

   Inserted: (C) how such institutions will sustain the increased level of research activity;

   Inserted: (D) how such institutions will evaluate and assess progress;

   Inserted: (E) reporting requirements for such institutions participating in the program.

   Inserted: (3) Program components.--

   Inserted: (A) Elements.--The Secretary may consider aspects of the program that address--

   Inserted: (i) faculty professional development;

   Inserted: (ii) stipends for undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral scholars;

   Inserted: (iii) laboratory equipment and instrumentation;

   Inserted: (iv) recruitment and retention of faculty and graduate students;

   Inserted: (v) communication and dissemination of products produced as part of the program;

   Inserted: (vi) construction, modernization, rehabilitation, or retrofitting of facilities for research purposes; and

   Inserted: (vii) other activities necessary to build capacity in achieving very high research activity status indicators.

   Inserted: (B) Priority areas.--The Secretary shall establish and update, on an annual basis, a list of research priorities for STEM and critical technologies appropriate for the program established under this section.

   Inserted: (c) Evaluation.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section and every 2 years thereafter until the termination of the program, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives providing an update on the program, including--

   Inserted: (1) activities carried out under the program;

   Inserted: (2) an analysis of the growth in very high research activity status indicators of eligible institutions that participated in the program under this section; and

   Inserted: (3) emerging research areas of interest to the Department of Defense conducted by eligible institutions that participated in the program under this section.

   Inserted: (d) Termination.--The program established by this section shall terminate 10 years after the date on which the Secretary establishes such program.

   Inserted: (e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the termination of the program under subsection (d), the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the program that includes the following:

   Inserted: (1) An analysis of the growth in very high research activity status indicators of eligible institutions that participated in the program under this section.

   Inserted: (2) An evaluation on the effectiveness of the program in increasing the research capacity of eligible institutions that participated in the program under this section.

   Inserted: (3) A description of how institutions that have achieved very high research activity status plan to sustain that status beyond the duration of the program.

   Inserted: (4) An evaluation of the maintenance of very high research status by eligible institutions that participated in the program under this section.

   Inserted: (5) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in increasing the diversity of students conducting high quality research in unique areas.

   Inserted: (6) Recommendations with respect to additional activities and investments necessary to elevate the research status of historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.

   Inserted: (7) Recommendations on whether the program established under this section should be renewed or expanded.

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   At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

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