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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1