U.S.C. 3103)), including agribusiness, food produc-
tion, distribution, and retailing, the clothing indus-
tries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming mar-
keting, finance, and distribution. 
(5) Scholarship funding provided to increase 
the number of young African-American individuals 
seeking a career in the food and agricultural 
sciences shall be provided with the caveat that such 
scholarship students shall commit to pursue a career 
in the food and agricultural sciences, including agri-
business, food production, distribution, and retailing, 
the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, 
and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. 
(6) The average age of farmers and producers 
in the United States is 60 years of age and con-
tinues to rise. 
(7) Beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined 
in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f)) need greater 
assistance in the financing of their education be-
cause of the increased startup costs associated with 
farming, such as the purchase of land and farming 
equipment. 
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) To address the national crisis posed by the 
aging farmer and producer population in the United 
States. 
(2) To increase the number of young African- 
American individuals seeking a career in the food 
and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)), 
including agribusiness, food production, distribution, 
and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and re-
newable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and 
distribution. 
(3) To reduce the average age of farmers and 
producers in the United States. 
(4) To provide greater assistance to beginning 
farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 3319f)). 
(5) To provide scholarships to African-Amer-
ican students seeking careers in the food and agri-
cultural sciences. 
SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS ATTEND-
ING 1890-INSTITUTIONS. 
Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by 
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inserting after section 1445 (7 U.S.C. 3222) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1446. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AT 1890 LAND- 
GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE 
UNIVERSITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
grant program under which the Secretary will award a 
grant to each college eligible to receive funds under the 
Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417–419, as amended; 
7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee Univer-
sity (in this section referred to as ‘eligible institutions’) 
for purposes of awarding scholarships to individuals 
who— 
‘‘(1) are seeking to attend such college; and 
‘‘(2) intend to pursue a career in the food and 
agricultural sciences, including a career in agri-
business, food production, distribution, and retailing, 
the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, 
and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make 
available to carry out this section $19,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 
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‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the funds made avail-
able under paragraph (1) in a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall allocate to each eligible institution 
$1,000,000.’’. 
Æ 
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