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7 U.S.C. § 3222a — Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Scholarship grant program established** — The Secretary shall make grants to each college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act; [7 U.S.C. 322](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section322&num=0&edition=prelim) [321] et seq.), including Tuskegee University, for purposes of awarding scholarships to individuals who—
(A) have been accepted for admission at such college or university;
(B) will be enrolled at such college or university not later than one year after the date of such acceptance; and
(C) intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including a career in—
(i) agribusiness;
(ii) energy and renewable fuels; or
(iii) financial management.
(2) **Condition** — The Secretary may only award a grant under this subsection to a college or university described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such college or university has established a competitive scholarship awards process for the award of scholarships to individuals described in such paragraph.
(3) **Annual limitation** — Of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may use not more than $10,000,000 to award grants under this subsection for the academic year beginning on July 1, 2020, and each of the 4 succeeding academic years.
(4) **Amount of grant** — Each grant made under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $500,000.
**(b) Funding**
(1) **Mandatory funding**
(A) *Funding* — Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $40,000,000 not later than October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended.
(B) *Additio
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Scholarship grant program established** — The Secretary shall make grants to each college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act; [7 U.S.C. 322](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section322&num=0&edition=prelim) [321] et seq.), including Tuskegee University, for purposes of awarding scholarships to individuals who—
(A) have been accepted for admission at such college or university;
(B) will be enrolled at such college or university not later than one year after the date of such acceptance; and
(C) intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including a career in—
(i) agribusiness;
(ii) energy and renewable fuels; or
(iii) financial management.
(2) **Condition** — The Secretary may only award a grant under this subsection to a college or university described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such college or university has established a competitive scholarship awards process for the award of scholarships to individuals described in such paragraph.
(3) **Annual limitation** — Of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may use not more than $10,000,000 to award grants under this subsection for the academic year beginning on July 1, 2020, and each of the 4 succeeding academic years.
(4) **Amount of grant** — Each grant made under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $500,000.
**(b) Funding**
(1) **Mandatory funding**
(A) *Funding* — Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $40,000,000 not later than October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended.
(B) *Additional funding* — Not later than 30 days after November 17, 2023, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(C) *Further funding* — Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended.
(2) **Discretionary funding** — In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
(3) **Administrative expenses** — Of the funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not more than 4 percent may be used for expenses related to administering the program under this section.
**(c) Report** Beginning on the date that is two years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under subsection (a), and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report detailing—
(1) the amount of funds provided to each eligible college or university under this section;
(2) the number of scholarships awarded under each grant each fiscal year; and
(3) the amount of each such scholarship.
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The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the proper administration of this subchapter.
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There is annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as provided in [section 324 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section324&num=0&edition=prelim), to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter, $50,000 to be applied only to instruction in food and agricultural sciences, and to the facilities for such instruction: Provided, That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of food and agricultural sciences.
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It is declared to be the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient production and utilization of products of the soil as essential to the health and welfare of our people and to promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity. It is also the intent of Congress to assure agriculture a position in research equal to that of industry which will aid in maintaining an equitable balance between agriculture and other sections of our economy. For the attainment of these objectives, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to conduct and to stimulate research into the laws and principles underlying the basic problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, including but not limited to: Research relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the development of new and improved methods of the production, marketing, distribution, processing, and utilization of plant and animal commodities at all stages from the original producer through to the ultimate consumer; research into the problems of human nutrition and the nutritive value of agricultural commodities, with particular reference to their content of vitamins, minerals, amino and fatty acids, and all other constituents that may be found necessary for the health of the consumer and to the gains or losses in nutritive value that may take place at any stage in their production, distribution, processing, and preparation for use by the consumer; research relating to the development of present, new, and extended uses and markets for agricultural commodities and byproducts as food or in commerce, manufacture, or trade, both at home and abroad, with particular reference to those foods and fibers for which our capacity to
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 322
SUBCHAPTER II—COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL
APPROPRIATION
§ 321. Secretary of Agriculture to administer an-
nual college-aid appropriation
The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with
the proper administration of this subchapter.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 4, 26 Stat. 419; 1939 Reorg.
Plan No. 1, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728,
53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff.
Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L.
96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat.
677; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981,
95 Stat. 1306.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section constitutes part of section 4 of act Aug. 30,
1890. Remainder of section 4 is classified to section 326
of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Act Aug. 30, 1890, as amended, which is classified to
this subchapter, is popularly known as the ‘‘Agricul-
tural College Act of 1890’’ and also as the ‘‘Second Mor-
rill Act’’.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions and duties of Secretary of Education under
this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Agriculture
by section 1419 of Pub. L. 97–98.
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare under this subchapter transferred to Secretary
of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88,
which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20,
Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator trans-
ferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred
to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by
section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Ap-
pendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Em-
ployees. Federal Security Agency and office of Admin-
istrator abolishe
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 3222a
to allocation of funds among eligible institutions in
same proportion as funds made available under former
section 450i of this title (now section 3157 of this title),
for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1978, are allocated
among eligible institutions for provisions relating to
allocation of $100,000 to each eligible institution, and
substituting in par. (B) provisions relating to alloca-
tion among eligible institutions of 20 per centum of the
excess funds in equal proportions, 40 per centum in pro-
portion that the rural population of the State in which
each eligible institution is located bears to total rural
population of all States in which such institutions are
located, and balance in proportion that farm popu-
lation of State in which each eligible institution is lo-
cated bears to total farm population of all States in
which such institutions are located for provisions relat-
ing to allocation among eligible institutions of one-half
of remaining funds in an amount which bore same ratio
to total amount to be allocated as rural population of
State in which eligible institution was located bore to
total rural population of all States in which such insti-
tutions were located, and one-half in an amount which
bore same ratio to total amount to be allocated as farm
population of State in which eligible institution was lo-
cated bore to total farm population of all States in
which such institutions were located.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 8701 o
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