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To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Source: Congress.gov · 369 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes how money is set aside for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions (historically Black colleges and universities that were established in 1890 or later). The bill provides ongoing funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation (a government agency that manages agricultural commodity programs) for these scholarships instead of funding them for only a limited time period.

Who It Affects

Students at 1890 institutions receive the direct benefits of this bill. The Secretary of Agriculture (the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture) must manage the funding. The Commodity Credit Corporation provides the money.

Key Provisions

* The Secretary of Agriculture must make $10,000,000 available each year starting in fiscal year 2025 and continuing every year after that to pay for scholarships at 1890 institutions (Sec. 1(a)(2)) * The money comes from the Commodity Credit Corporation and stays available to spend until it is used (Sec. 1(a)(2)) * The bill extends scholarship funding from only fiscal years 2020 through 2023 to fiscal year 2020 and every fiscal year after that (Sec. 1(a)(3))

What Changes

The bill creates permanent, ongoing annual funding of $10,000,000 instead of a temporary funding period that was set to end. The money will now continue indefinitely rather than stopping after 2023.

Important Definitions

1890 institutions: Not defined in bill text

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1436 To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 8, 2023 Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. BROWN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Agriculture A BILL To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS 3 FOR STUDENTS AT 1890 INSTITUTIONS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1446(b) of the National 5 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 6 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(b)) is amended— 7 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 8 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Mar 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1436.IH H1436 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1436 IH (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(2) CONTINUING MANDATORY FUNDING.—Of 3 the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 4 Secretary shall make available to carry out this sec- 5 tion $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal 6 year thereafter, to remain available until expended.’’; 7 and 8 (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 9 striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year 11 thereafter’’. 12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1446 of 13 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 14 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a) is amend- 15 ed— 16 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection 17 (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of 18 subsection (b)’’; and 19 (2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) (as re- 20 designated by subsection (a)(1)), by striking ‘‘para- 21 graphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), 22 (2), and (3)’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Mar 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1436.IH H1436 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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