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7 U.S.C. § 3156 — Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions
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**(a) Education grants program for Alaska Native serving institutions**
(1) **Grant authority** — The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants to Alaska Native serving institutions for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska Native serving institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs.
(2) **Use of grant funds** — Grants made under this section shall be used—
(A) to support the activities of consortia of Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under represented students;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
(C) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from under represented groups in order to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural, and natural resource systems of the United States, beginning with the mentoring of students at the high school level including by village elders and continuing with the provision of financial support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more Alaska Native serving institutions, or between Alaska Native serving institutions and units of State government or the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
(3) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated
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**(a) Education grants program for Alaska Native serving institutions**
(1) **Grant authority** — The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants to Alaska Native serving institutions for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska Native serving institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs.
(2) **Use of grant funds** — Grants made under this section shall be used—
(A) to support the activities of consortia of Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under represented students;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
(C) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from under represented groups in order to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural, and natural resource systems of the United States, beginning with the mentoring of students at the high school level including by village elders and continuing with the provision of financial support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more Alaska Native serving institutions, or between Alaska Native serving institutions and units of State government or the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
(3) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 2023.
**(b) Education grants program for Native Hawaiian serving institutions**
(1) **Grant authority** — The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants to Native Hawaiian serving institutions for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Native Hawaiian serving institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs.
(2) **Use of grant funds** — Grants made under this section shall be used—
(A) to support the activities of consortia of Native Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under represented students, including permitting consortia to designate fiscal agents for the members of the consortia and to allocate among the members funds made available under this section;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
(C) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from under represented groups in order to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural, and natural resource systems of the United States, beginning with the mentoring of students at the high school level and continuing with the provision of financial support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more Native Hawaiian serving institutions, or between Native Hawaiian serving institutions and units of State government or the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
(3) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2023.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, § 759, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1172, which related to education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, was renumbered section 1419B of title XIV of Pub. L. 95–113, and amended by Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7112, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1219, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7112, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1980, and was transferred to [section 3156 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3156&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural programs** — The term “agricultural programs” are those established or authorized by—
(A) the Agricultural Act of 1949 [[7 U.S.C. 1421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.];
(B) the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [[7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.];
(C) the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.];
(D) the Soil Conservation Act;
(E) the Domestic Allotment Assistance Act;
(F) the Food Security Act of 1985; and
(G) other such Acts as the Secretary deems appropriate.
(2) **Beginning farmer or rancher** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” means a person that—
(A)
(i) has not operated a farm or ranch; or
(ii) has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 10 years; and
(B) meets such other criteria as the Secretary may establish.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) **Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group.
(6) **Socially disadvantaged group** — The term “socially disadvantaged group” means a group whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities.
(7) **Veteran farmer or rancher** — The term “veteran farmer or ranche
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 3156
2014—Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(1), substituted ‘‘Agricul-
tural and food policy’’ for ‘‘Policy’’ in section catch-
line.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(2), substituted ‘‘Sec-
retary shall, acting through the Office of the Chief
Economist, make competitive grants to, or enter into
cooperative agreements with,’’ for ‘‘Secretary may
make grants, competitive grants, and special research
grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and
other contracting instruments with,’’ in introductory
provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(3), added subsec. (b)
and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment,
text read as follows: ‘‘State agricultural experiment
stations, colleges and universities, other research insti-
tutions and organizations (including the Food Agricul-
tural Policy Research Institute, the Agricultural and
Food Policy Center, the Rural Policy Research Insti-
tute, and the National Drought Mitigation Center), pri-
vate organizations, corporations, and individuals shall
be eligible to apply for funding under subsection (a) of
this section.’’
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(5), added subsec. (c).
Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(4), redesignated sub-
sec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(6), inserted ‘‘ap-
plied’’ after ‘‘theoretical and’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(7), added subsec. (e)
and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment,
text read as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2012.’’
Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(4), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e).
2008—Subsec. (a)(1). P
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