amount of funds to be distributed to such 
institution under the Act of March 2, 1887 
(7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.; commonly known 
as the Hatch Act of 1887), for a fiscal 
year and the amount of matching funds 
the State provides to such institution for 
such fiscal year bears to, with respect to 
each other land-grant college or university 
in the State, the sum of the amount of 
funds to be distributed to such other land- 
grant college or university in the State 
under such Act or under section 1445, as 
the case may be, for such fiscal year and 
the amount of matching funds the State 
provides to such college or university for 
such fiscal year; or 
‘‘(ii) the ratio that, in the case of an 
1890-institution in a State, the sum of the 
amount of funds to be distributed to such 
institution under section 1445 for a fiscal 
year and the amount of matching funds 
the State provides to such institution for 
such fiscal year bears to, with respect to 
each other land-grant college or university 
in the State, the sum of the amount of 
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funds to be distributed to such land-grant 
college or university in the State under 
section 1445 or under the Act of March 2, 
1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.; commonly 
known as the Hatch Act of 1887), as the 
case may be, for such fiscal year and the 
amount of matching funds the State pro-
vides to such college or university for such 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF SHORTFALL STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the formula described in paragraph 
(2)(A) shall apply with respect to the distribu-
tion of extension funds to land-grant colleges 
and universities in a shortfall State in the same 
manner as such formula applies to the distribu-
tion of extension funds to land-grant colleges 
and universities in a distribution formula State 
for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS AVAIL-
ABLE
FOR
DISTRIBUTION.—In the case of a 
shortfall State, the total amount of extension 
funds available to be distributed to the land- 
grant colleges and universities in such State 
shall equal the product of— 
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‘‘(i) the total amount which such col-
leges and universities are eligible to receive 
under the Act of March 2, 1887 (7 U.S.C. 
361a et seq.; commonly known as the 
Hatch Act of 1887), and section 1445 for 
a fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) the shortfall percentage for such 
State and such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1449 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subtitle, the 
State shall provide’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle, the 
State shall provide to eligible institutions, with re-
spect to the maximum amount such institutions are 
eligible to receive under sections 1444 and 1445,’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
Æ 
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