Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1993

Summary: Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1993 - Provides land-grant status for specified tribally controlled community colleges and postsecondary vocational institutions, Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary institutions, and the Institute of American Indian Arts (Institutions). 
Authorizes appropriations, in lieu of public land or land scrip donations, for such Institutions. 
Amends the Act of August 30, 1890, to include such Institutions in the annual appropriation for food and agricultural sciences instruction. 
Amends the Act of May 8, 1914, to authorize annual appropriations for agricultural extension services at such Institutions.  States that no matching funds shall be required. 
Amends the Research Facilities Act to authorize FY 1995 through 1999 appropriations for research facility construction at such Institutions.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equity in Educational Land-Grant 
Status Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``1994 Institutions'' means any one 
of the following colleges:
            (1) Bay Mills Community College.
            (2) Blackfeet Community College.
            (3) Cheyenne River Community College.
            (4) D-Q University.
            (5) Dullknife Memorial College.
            (6) Fond Du Lac Community College.
            (7) Fort Belknap Community College.
            (8) Fort Berthold Community College.
            (9) Fort Peck Community College.
            (10) LacCourte Orielles Ojibwa Community College.
            (11) Little Big Horn Community College.
            (12) Little Hoop Community College.
            (13) Nebraska Indian Community College.
            (14) Northwest Indian College.
            (15) Oglala Lakota College.
            (16) Salish Kootenai College.
            (17) Sinte Gleska University.
            (18) Sisseton Wahpeton Community College.
            (19) Standing Rock College.
            (20) Stonechild Community College.
            (21) Turtle Mountain Community College.
            (22) Navajo Community College.
            (23) United Tribes Technical College.
            (24) Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.
            (25) Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
        and Arts Development.
            (26) Crownpoint Institute of Technology.
            (27) Haskell Indian Junior College.
            (28) Leech Lake Tribal College.
            (29) College of the Menominee Nation.

SEC. 3. LAND-GRANT STATUS FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--1994 Institutions shall be considered land-grant 
colleges established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 
arts in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 
Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301-305, 307, and 308).
    (b) Applicability of Related Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
        provision of any Act of Congress relating to the operation of, 
        or provision of, assistance to a land-grant college in the 
        United States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the 
        Northern Mariana Islands shall apply to 1994 Institutions in 
        the same manner and to the same extent as such provision 
        applies to land-grant colleges.
            (2) Exceptions.--Except as otherwise provided, this 
        subsection shall not apply to any Act of Congress to assist 
        agricultural research at colleges eligible to receive funds 
        pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 
        841; 7 U.S.C. 322 et seq.), the Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 
        372, chapter 79; 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), or the Act of March 2, 
        1887 (24 Stat. 440, chapter 314; 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In lieu of extending to 1994 
Institutions, the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503, 
chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), relating to donations of public 
land or land scrip for the endowment and maintenance of colleges for 
the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $23,000,000 to 1994 Institutions. Amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this section shall be held and considered to 
have been granted to 1994 Institutions subject to the provisions of 
that Act applicable to the proceeds from the sale of land or land 
scrip.

SEC. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) The Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 
322 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1 (7 U.S.C. 322)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``$50,000'' the following: 
                ``, and to each 1994 Institution (as defined in section 
                2 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 
                1993), $50,000,''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``That said colleges'' the 
                following: ``and 1994 Institutions''; and
            (2) in section 2 (7 U.S.C. 324)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and 1994 Institutions'' after 
                ``colleges'', the first place such word appears;
                    (B) by inserting after ``of the college,'' the 
                following: ``1994 Institutions,''; and
                    (C) by inserting after the first sentence the 
                following: ``In the case of a 1994 Institution, said 
                sums shall be paid to the treasurer of such 
                Institution.''.
    (b) Section 3 of the Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 373, chapter 79; 
7 U.S.C. 343) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
        year ending June 30, 1995, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
        for payment on behalf of the 1994 Institutions, $5,000,000 for 
        the purposes set forth in section 2. Such sums shall be in 
        addition to the sums appropriated for the several States and 
        Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam under the provisions 
        of this section. Such sums shall be distributed on the basis of 
        a competitive applications process to be developed and 
        implemented by the Secretary and paid by the Secretary to State 
        institutions established in accordance with the provisions of 
        the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503, chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 
        301 et seq.) (other than 1994 Institutions) and administered by 
        such institutions through cooperative agreements with 1994 
        Institutions in their States in accordance with regulations to 
        be adopted by the Secretary.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (3) by inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(f) There shall be no matching requirement for funds made 
available pursuant to subsection (b)(3).''.

SEC. 5. RESEARCH FACILITIES.

    The Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (7 U.S.C. 390a)--
                    (A) by striking ``The purpose'' and inserting ``(a) 
                In General.--The purpose''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(b) 1994 Institutions.--For fiscal years 1995 through 1999, it 
shall be the purpose of this Act to assist 1994 Institutions (as 
defined in section 2 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act 
of 1993) to construct, acquire, and remodel buildings, laboratories, 
and other capital facilities (including fixtures and equipment) 
necessary to more effectively conduct research in agriculture and 
sciences through matching grants to be awarded on a competitive 
basis.''; and
            (2) in section 4 (7 U.S.C. 390c)--
                    (A) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
                subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(b) 1994 Institutions.--For each of fiscal years 1995 through 
1999, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,700,000 for grants to 
1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Equity in Educational 
Land-Grant Status Act of 1993) for the purposes described in section 
2(b).''.



            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to provide land-
        grant status for certain Indian colleges and institutions.''.