104 STAT. 1612
PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990
Government
contracts.
Minority
businesses.
concerns in the subcontracts awarded under such contract, as
established pursuant to section 1207 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (10 U.S.C. 2301 note) and
section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)).
SEC. 832. ENHANCING PARTICIPATION OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS IN
DEFENSE RESEARCH
Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1987 (10 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting "(1)" before "Except"; and
(B) by redesignating clauses (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (A),
(B), and (C), respectively;
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a specific goal within
the overall 5 percent goal for the award of prime contracts and
subcontracts to historically Black colleges and universities and
minority institutions in order to increase the participation of such
colleges and universities in the program provided for by this section.; and
(3) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof
the following new subsection (c):
"(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—(1) To attain the goal specified in
subsection (a)(D, the Secretary of Defense shall provide technical
assistance to the entities referred to in that subsection and, in the
case of historicEdly Black colleges and universities and minority
institutions, shall also provide infrastructure assistance.
"(2) Technical assistance provided under this section shall
include information about the program, advice about Department of
Defense procurement procedures, instruction in preparation of
proposals, and other such assistance as the Secretary considers
appropriate. If the resources of the Department of Defense are
inadequate to provide such assistance, the Secretary may enter into
contracts with minority private sector entities with experience and
expertise in the design, development, and delivery of technical
assistance services to eligible individuals, business firms and institutions, defense acquisition agencies, and defense prime contractors.
Department of Defense contracts with such entities shall be
awarded annually, based upon, among other things, the number of
minority small business concerns, historically Black colleges and
universities, and minority institutions that each such entity brings
into the program.
"(3) Infrastructure sissistance provided under this section to
historically Black colleges and universities and to minority institutions may include programs to:
"(A) establish and enhance undergraduate, graduate, and
doctoral programs in scientific disciplines critical to the national security functions of the Department of Defense;
"(B) make Department of Defense personnel available to
advise and assist faculty at such colleges and universities in the
performance of defense research and in scientific disciplines
critical to the national security functions of the Department of
Defense;
"(C) establish partnerships between defense laboratories and
historically Black colleges and universities and minority institutions for the purpose of training students in scientific disciplines
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