To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide for the participation of historically Black colleges and universities in federally funded research and development activities.
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Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator of General Services to prescribe regulations to ensure the participation (except in specified circumstances) of at least five historically Black colleges and universities and nonprofit organizations owned and controlled by Black Americans in research and development (R&D) activities conducted with Federal funds by executive agencies. Outlines the requirements to be imposed on executive agencies through such regulations, including the requirement that each such agency reserve a specified percentage of its FY 1994 through 1997 appropriations for R&D activities to be conducted by the Black colleges it must designate under this Act as federally funded R&D centers. Increases such set-aside on a graduated basis for such fiscal years. Requires each recipient of such set-aside to pay a specified percentage of it to the Parren J. Mitchell Institute for Business Education for entrepreneurial and capital formation programs.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress annually on the activities of executive agencies in carrying out this Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 84: To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide for the participation of historically Black colleges and universities in federally funded research and development activities.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-84/
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