and becoming full participants in federally funded re-
search and development activities.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish, enhance, and
expand the participation of historically Black colleges and
universities and nonprofit organizations owned and con-
trolled by Black Americans in research and development
through their designation as federally funded research and
development centers.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCURE-
MENT POLICY ACT.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 6 the following:
‘‘SEC. 6B. PARTICIPATION OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS OWNED AND CONTROLLED
BY BLACK AMERICANS IN RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—(1) The Administrator
shall prescribe regulations to ensure the participation of
historically Black colleges and universities and nonprofit
organizations owned and controlled by Black Americans
in research and development activities conducted with
Federal funds by executive agencies. Such regulations
shall require that each executive agency—
‘‘(A) except as provided in paragraph (2), des-
ignate not less than 5 historically Black colleges and
universities or nonprofit organizations owned and
controlled by Black Americans as federally funded
research and development centers for purposes of
such agency;
‘‘(B) reserve not less than 3 percent of amounts
appropriated to such agency for research and devel-
opment activities for purposes of providing technical
assistance and other support to historically Black
colleges and universities and nonprofit organizations
owned and controlled by Black Americans in order
to implement the purpose of this Act;
‘‘(C) reserve, for purposes of research and de-
velopment activities to be conducted by federally
funded research and development centers designated
pursuant to subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) in the fiscal year 1994, not less than
5 percent of amounts appropriated to such
agency for research and development activities;
‘‘(ii) in the fiscal year 1995, not less than
10 percent of amounts appropriated to such
agency for research and development activities;
‘‘(iii) in the fiscal year 1996, not less than
15 percent of amounts appropriated to such
agency for research and development activities;
and
‘‘(iv) in the fiscal year 1997 and in each
succeeding fiscal year, not less than 20 percent
of amounts appropriated to such agency for re-
search and development activities; and
‘‘(D) with respect to each federally funded re-
search and development center designated pursuant
to paragraph (1)—
‘‘(i) assess any need for technical assist-
ance and other support; and
‘‘(ii) as soon as practicable, develop and
implement a coordinated plan for delivery of
such assistance.
‘‘(2) The Administrator may allow an executive agen-
cy to designate fewer than 5 historically Black colleges and
universities or nonprofit organizations owned and con-
trolled by Black Americans as federally funded research
and development centers pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) if
the Administrator determines that amounts reserved by
such agency under paragraph (1)(C) for such centers
would be insufficient to carry out research and develop-
ment activities at 5 such centers.
‘‘(b) WAIVER OF RESPONSIBLE SOURCE CRITERIA.—
For purposes of this Act, any federally funded research
center designated pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) shall
be considered to be a responsible source.
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT OF UNUSED AMOUNTS.—In any
fiscal year in which an executive agency does not expend
all of the amounts reserved by such agency as required
by subsection (a)(1)(C) for support of research and devel-
opment activities at federally funded research and develop-
ment centers designated under subsection (a)(1)(A), any
of such amounts that are not so expended shall be re-
turned to the Treasury of the United States.
‘‘(d) PAYMENT AND USE OF AMOUNTS FOR PARREN
J. MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION.—
(1) Each college, university, or nonprofit organization
which receives an amount from an executive agency under
this section shall pay not less than 1⁄2 percent of that
amount to a national not-for-profit organization estab-
lished as the Parren J. Mitchell Institute for Business
Education (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as
the ‘Institute’).
‘‘(2) The Institute shall use amounts paid to the In-
stitute under this subsection only to develop and imple-
ment programs which foster entrepreneurship and capital
formation.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘historically Black colleges and universities’ means
institutions that are part B institutions for purposes of
part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965.’’.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 17 of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 415) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall annually conduct a study and sub-
mit a report to the Congress on the activities of executive
agencies in carrying out section 6B. The first report shall
be submitted by not later than 9 months after the date
of the enactment of this subsection. Such reports shall
specifically include—
‘‘(1) a description of the extent to which each
executive agency is complying with the requirements
of section 6B;
‘‘(2) a description of technical assistance and
other support provided by executive agencies to fed-
erally funded research and development centers des-
ignated under section 6B(a)(1)(A); and
‘‘(3) an analysis and description of the technical
and other support required by historically Black col-
leges and universities and nonprofit organizations
owned and controlled by Black Americans.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by section 3 shall take effect
on October 1, 1993.
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