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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 751
To utilize the most current Federal census data in the distribution of Federal
funds for agriculture, nutrition, and forestry.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1993
Mr. BACCHUS of Florida (for himself, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. HUTTO, Mr. HAST-
INGS, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. DEUTSCH, Ms. BROWN
of Florida, Mr. SHAW, Mr. PETERSON of Florida, and Mr. GOSS)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
A BILL
To utilize the most current Federal census data in the dis-
tribution of Federal funds for agriculture, nutrition, and
forestry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry Fair Share Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY.
(a) AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATIONS.—Section
3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An act to establish agricultural ex-
periment stations in connection with the colleges estab-
lished in the several States under the provisions of an act
approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
and of the acts supplementary thereto’’, approved March
2, 1887 (commonly known as the Hatch Act of 1887) (7
U.S.C. 361c(c)(2)) is amended in subsection (c)(2), by
striking ‘‘as determined by the last preceding decennial
census current at the time each such additional sum is
first appropriated’’ each place it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘according to the latest available estimates
prepared by the Department of Commerce’’.
(b) AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH
AT
1890 LAND
GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.—
Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3222(b)(2)(B)) is amended in subsection (b)(2)(B), by
striking ‘‘as determined by the last preceding decennial
census current at the time each such additional sum is
first appropriated’’ each place it appears and inserting in
each such place ‘‘according to the latest available esti-
mates prepared by the Department of Commerce’’.
(c) FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE.—Section 3 of
the Act of May 8, 1914 (7 U.S.C. 343(c)(2)) (commonly
known as the Smith-Lever Act) is amended in subsection
(c)(2)—
(1) by striking ‘‘as determined by the census’’
each place it appears and inserting in each such
place ‘‘according to the latest available estimates
prepared by the Department of Commerce’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘on the basis of the decennial
census current at the time such appropriation is
first made’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘according
to the latest available estimates prepared by the De-
partment of Commerce’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘on the basis of decennial cen-
sus current at the time such increase is first appro-
priated’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘according to
the latest available estimates prepared by the De-
partment of Commerce’’.
(d) NUTRITION
EDUCATION
PROGRAM.—Section
1425 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
and 
Teaching 
Policy 
Act 
of 
1977 
(7 
U.S.C.
3175(c)(2)(B)(ii)), is amended in subsection (b) by strik-
ing ‘‘as determined by the last preceding decennial census
at the time each such additional amount is first appro-
priated’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘according to the
latest estimates prepared by the Department of
Commerce’’.
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