To amend the Second Morrill Act to authorize the transmission to Congress of annual reports prepared by colleges endowed under such Act.

Bill: 115-hr-5309
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2018-03-15
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions

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Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>The bill amends the Second Morrill Act to expand annual reporting requirements for certain land-grant universities.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5309 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 15, 2018 Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Luetkemeyer , and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Second Morrill Act to authorize the transmission to Congress of annual reports prepared by colleges endowed under such Act.

1. Transmission to Congress of annual Second Morrill Act reports Section 3 of the Act of August 30, 1890 ( 7 U.S.C. 325 ; commonly known as the Second Morrill Act), is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: Such annual report shall further include the amount of Federal and State allotments such college received in the preceding fiscal year under the Hatch Act of 1887 ( 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.) and the Smith-Lever Act ( 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.). The Secretary of Agriculture shall transmit to Congress an annual report that includes the Federal and State allotments each such college reported pursuant to the preceding sentence for such year.