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tion of funds used to implement the teaching programs 
under subsection (j).’’. 
SEC. 7207. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION AND 
MARKETING OF ALCOHOLS AND INDUSTRIAL 
HYDROCARBONS FROM AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 
Section 1419(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3154(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7208. POLICY RESEARCH CENTERS. 
Section 1419A of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3155) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, including 
the Food Agricultural Policy Research Institute and 
the Agricultural and Food Policy Center’’ after ‘‘re-
search institutions and organizations’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 
7209. 
HUMAN 
NUTRITION 
INTERVENTION 
AND 
HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 1424(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
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U.S.C. 3174(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7210. PILOT RESEARCH PROGRAM TO COMBINE MED-
ICAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. 
Section 1424A(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3174a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7211. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7212. CONTINUING ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RE-
SEARCH PROGRAMS. 
Section 1433(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3195(a)) is amended in the first sentence by strik-
ing ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7213. COOPERATION AMONG ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) COOPERATION
AMONG
ELIGIBLE
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The Secretary, to the maximum extent prac-
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ticable, shall encourage eligible institutions to cooperate 
in setting research priorities under this section through 
the conduct of regular regional and national meetings.’’. 
SEC. 7214. APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH ON NATIONAL 
OR REGIONAL PROBLEMS. 
Section 1434(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3196(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7215. AUTHORIZATION LEVEL OF EXTENSION AT 1890 
LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. 
Section 1444(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3221(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20 percent’’. 
SEC. 7216. AUTHORIZATION LEVEL FOR AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. 
Section 1445(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
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SEC. 7217. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD 
SCIENCES FACILITIES AT THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY. 
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 1447 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1447A. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURE AND 
FOOD SCIENCES FACILITIES AT THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA LAND GRANT UNIVER-
SITY. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is declared to be the intent of 
Congress to assist the land grant university in the District 
of Columbia, as established under section 208 of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorga-
nization Act of October 26, 1974 (Public Law 93–471) 
in efforts to acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant 
equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of car-
rying out the provisions of this section $750,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’.
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SEC. 7218. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND 
FOOD SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 1890 LAND- 
GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE 
UNIVERSITY. 
Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7219. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING VIRTUAL 
CENTERS. 
Section 1448 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3222c) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7220. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR RE-
SEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES OF 1890 
INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 1449(c) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222d(c)) is amended in the first sentence by strik-
ing ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007,’’. 
SEC. 7221. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3241(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’.
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SEC. 7222. HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is 
amended by inserting after section 1455 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1456. HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) ENDOWMENT
FUND.—The term ‘endow-
ment fund’ means the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural 
Colleges and Universities Fund established under 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) HISPANIC-SERVING
AGRICULTURAL
COL-
LEGE AND UNIVERSITIES.—The term ‘Hispanic-serv-
ing agricultural colleges and universities’ means a 
college or university that— 
‘‘(A) qualifies as a ‘Hispanic-serving insti-
tution’; and 
‘‘(B) offers associate, bachelor’s, or other 
accredited degree programs in agriculture-re-
lated fields, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) ENDOWMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with this 
subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall es-
tablish a Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 
Universities Fund. The Secretary of the Treasury
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may enter into such agreements as are necessary to 
carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the 
endowment fund any— 
‘‘(A) amounts made available through Acts 
of appropriations, which shall be the endow-
ment fund corpus; and 
‘‘(B) interest earned on the endowment 
fund corpus. 
‘‘(3) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall invest the endowment fund corpus 
and income in interest-bearing obligations of the 
United States. 
‘‘(4) WITHDRAWALS AND EXPENDITURES.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury may not make a with-
drawal or expenditure from the endowment fund cor-
pus. On September 30, 2008, and each September 
30 thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
withdraw the amount of the income from the endow-
ment fund for the fiscal year and warrant the funds 
to the Secretary who, after making adjustments for 
the cost of administering the endowment fund, shall 
distribute the adjusted income as follows:
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‘‘(A) 60 percent distributed among the 
Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and uni-
versities on a pro rata basis based on each in-
stitution’s Hispanic enrollment count. 
‘‘(B) 40 percent distributed in equal shares 
to the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges 
and universities. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2008, 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of Agriculture an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) $80,000; multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the number of Hispanic-serving 
agricultural colleges and universities. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—For fiscal year 2008, 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall pay to the treasurer of each His-
panic-Serving agricultural college and university 
an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the total amount made available 
by appropriations pursuant to paragraph 
(1); divided by 
‘‘(ii) the number of Hispanic-serving 
agricultural colleges and universities.
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‘‘(C) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under this subsection 
shall be used in the same manner as is pre-
scribed for colleges under the Act of August 30, 
1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill 
Act), and except as otherwise provided in this 
subsection, the requirements of such Act shall 
apply to the Hispanic-serving agricultural col-
leges and universities. 
‘‘(D) Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be held and considered to 
have been granted to Hispanic-serving agricul-
tural colleges and universities to establish an 
endowment pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(c) 
INSTITUTIONAL
CAPACITY
BUILDING 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE
AND
ALLOWABLE
USES.—For 
fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall make institutional capacity build-
ing grants to assist Hispanic-serving agricultural 
colleges and universities not including alteration, re-
pair, renovation, or construction of buildings. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 
BUILDING GRANTS.—
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‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS.—The 
Secretary shall make grants under this sub-
section on the basis of a competitive application 
process under which Hispanic-serving agricul-
tural colleges and universities may submit ap-
plications to the Secretary in such form and 
manner as the Secretary may prescribe. 
‘‘(B) BROADER PARTICIPATION AND GEO-
GRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—All Hispanic-serving ag-
ricultural colleges and universities shall be eligi-
ble to compete for grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) DEMONSTRATION
OF
NEED.—The 
Secretary shall require as part of an application 
for a grant under this subsection, a demonstra-
tion of need based on criteria stated in sub-
section (b)(5). The Secretary may award a 
grant under this subsection only to an applicant 
that demonstrates a failure to obtain funding 
for a project after making a reasonable effort to 
otherwise obtain the funding. 
‘‘(D) 
PAYMENT
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—A grant awarded under this sub-
section shall be made only if the recipient of the 
grant pays a non-Federal share in an amount
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specified by the Secretary and based upon as-
sessed institutional needs. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subsection, such sums as are 
necessary for fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal 
year thereafter. 
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a competitive grants program to 
fund basic and applied research at Hispanic-serving agri-
cultural colleges and universities in agriculture, human 
nutrition, food science, bioenergy, and environmental 
science. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
subsection for fiscal year 2008 and for each fiscal year 
thereafter.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION FUNDING.—Section 3 of the Act of 
May 8, 1914, (commonly known as the Smith-Lever Act), 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) There are authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such 
sums as are necessary for the purposes set forth in sub-
paragraph (D). Such sums shall be in addition to the sums