To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Bill: 118-hr-1436
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-08
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides specified funds to the 1890 Scholarships Program for FY2025 and each succeeding year for student scholarships. The bill also permanently reauthorizes the 1890 Scholarships Program. This National Institute of Food and Agriculture program provides grants to 1890 Institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system) for students who intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1436 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 8, 2023 Mr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Adams , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Crockett , Ms. Brown , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Mrs. Hayes , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

1. Additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions (a) In general Section 1446(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3222a(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Continuing mandatory funding Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended. ; and (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023 and inserting fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter . (b) Conforming amendments Section 1446 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3222a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) ; and (2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) .