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S 3234 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Advanced technology and technological innovations Congressional oversight Higher education Military procurement, research, weapons development Minority education Public contracts and procurement Technology transfer and commercialization

HBCU National Security Innovation Act of 2021

Introduced: November 18, 2021 Introduced by: Ossoff, Jon Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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HBCU National Security Innovation Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering within the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish activities to better connect historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions to the programs of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

DOD must brief the congressional defense committees on activities conducted to expand DIU programs to HBCUs and minority-serving institutions and recommendations for how DOD and the federal government can support such institutions to successfully participate in DIU programs.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Nov 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3234: HBCU National Security Innovation Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3234/
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"S. 3234: HBCU National Security Innovation Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3234/.
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S. 3234, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3234/.
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