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is available to the national organization on the date of such
determination.
(b) RETURNED FUNDS.—All funds returned to the Secretary
pursuant to subsection (a)(8) shall be available to the Secretary
to carry out any scholarship or grant program assisted under title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
SEC. 526. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.
The national organization shall be eligible to continue to use
the interest from the endowment fund in accordance with the provi-
sions of this part in the third and each such succeeding fiscal
year in which such organization uses such interest only if the
local affiliated chapters associated with all area program centers
supported under this part distribute to students from low-income
families 80 percent of the total amount of funds raised by all
such chapters in such year.
SEC. 527. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 1996 to carry out this part.
PART C—1994 INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 531. SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 532. DEFINITION.
As used in this part, 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 Cul-
ture and Arts Development.
(26) Crownpoint Institute of Technology.
(27) Haskell Indian Junior College.
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(28) Leech Lake Tribal College.
(29) College of the Menominee Nation.
SEC. 533. LAND-GRANT STATUS FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) STATUS OF 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), 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 et seq.) (commonly
known as the First Morrill Act).
(2) 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—(A) 1994 Institutions shall not be
considered as land-grant colleges that are eligible to receive
funding under—
(i) the Act of March 2, 1887 (24 Stat. 440, chapter
314; 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.);
(ii) the Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 373, chapter
79; 7 U.S.C. 343), except as provided under section 3(b)(3)
of such Act (as added by section 534(b)(1) of this part);
or
(iii) the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter
841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) (commonly known as the Second
Morrill Act).
(B) In lieu of receiving donations under the provisions
of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.) (commonly known as the First Morrill Act), relating to
the donations of public land or scrip for the endowment and
maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the
mechanic arts, 1994 Institutions shall receive funding pursuant
to the authorization under subsection (b).
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $4,600,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through
2000. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be held
and considered to have been granted to 1994 Institutions to estab-
lish an endowment pursuant to subsection (c).
(c) ENDOWMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this subsection, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a 1994 Institutions
Endowment Fund (hereafter in this subsection referred to as
the ‘‘endowment fund’’). The Secretary may enter into such
agreements as are necessary to carry out this subsection.
(2) DEPOSIT
TO
THE
ENDOWMENT
FUND.—The Secretary
shall deposit in the endowment fund any—
(A) amounts made available by appropriations pursu-
ant to subsection (b) (hereafter in this subsection referred
to as the ‘‘endowment fund corpus’’); and
(B) interest earned on the endowment fund corpus.
(3) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary shall invest the endow-
ment fund corpus and income in interest-bearing obligations
of the United States.
(4) WITHDRAWALS AND EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary may
not make a withdrawal or expenditure from the endowment
fund corpus. On the termination of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall withdraw the amount of the income from the
endowment fund for the fiscal year, and after making adjust-
ments for the cost of administering the endowment fund,
distribute the adjusted income as follows:
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(A) 60 percent of the adjusted income shall be distrib-
uted among the 1994 Institutions on a pro rata basis.
The proportionate share of the adjusted income received
by a 1994 Institution under this subparagraph shall be
based on the Indian student count (as defined in section
390(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2397h(3)) for each 1994
Institution for the fiscal year.
(B) 40 percent of the adjusted income shall be distrib-
uted in equal shares to the 1994 Institutions.
SEC. 534. APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 1996, and for each fiscal
year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to
the Department of the Treasury an amount equal to—
(A) $50,000; multiplied by
(B) the number of 1994 Institutions.
(2) PAYMENTS.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay to the treasurer of each 1994 Institution
an amount equal to—
(A) the total amount made available by appropriations
pursuant to paragraph (1); divided by
(B) the number of 1994 Institutions.
(3) USE OF FUNDS; REQUIREMENTS.—The amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under this subsection shall be used
in the same manner as is prescribed for colleges under the
Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C.
321 et seq.) (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act),
and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
requirements of such Act shall apply to 1994 Institutions.
(b) FUNDING.—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 are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1996, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
for payment on behalf of the 1994 Institutions (as defined
in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status
Act of 1994), $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 application
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.) (commonly
known as the First Morrill Act) (other than 1994 Institutions)
and administered by such institutions through cooperative
agreements with 1994 Institutions in the States of the 1994
Institutions in accordance with regulations that the Secretary
shall adopt.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection:
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‘‘(f) There shall be no matching requirement for funds made
available pursuant to subsection (b)(3).’’.
SEC. 535. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The term ‘‘Federal share’’ means, with
respect to a grant awarded under subsection (b), the share
of the grant that is provided from Federal funds.
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The term ‘‘non-Federal share’’
means, with respect to a grant awarded under subsection (b),
the matching funds paid with funds other than funds referred
to in paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(b) IN GENERAL.—
(1) INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.—For each
of fiscal years 1996 through 2000, the Secretary shall make
two or more institutional capacity building grants to assist
1994 Institutions with constructing, acquiring, and remodeling
buildings, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including
fixtures and equipment) necessary to conduct instructional
activities more effectively in agriculture and sciences.
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make
grants under this section—
(A) on the basis of a competitive application process
under which appropriate officials of 1994 Institutions may
submit applications to the Secretary in such form and
manner as the Secretary may prescribe; and
(B) in such manner as to ensure geographic diversity
with respect to the 1994 Institutions that are the subject
of the grants.
(3) DEMONSTRATION OF NEED.—The Secretary shall require,
as part of an application for a grant under this subsection,
a demonstration of need. The Secretary may only award a
grant under this subsection to an applicant that demonstrates
a failure to obtain funding for a project after making a reason-
able effort to otherwise obtain the funding.
(4) PAYMENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—A grant awarded
under this subsection shall be made only if the recipient of
the grant pays a non-Federal share in an amount specified
by the Secretary.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to carry out
this section, $1,700,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000.
PART D—WORKERS TECHNOLOGY SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 541. SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Workers Technology Skill Devel-
opment Act’’.
SEC. 542. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) In an increasingly competitive world economy, the
companies and nations that lead in the rapid development,
commercialization, and application of new and advanced tech-