To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1271 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1271

  To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890
                 institutions, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2025

 Mr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Beatty, Mr.
 Bishop, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carson, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Evans
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Ms. McBride, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver,
 Ms. Sewell, Mr. Thanedar, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

  To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890
                 institutions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AT 1890
              INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) Scholarships for Bachelor or Graduate Programs.--Section
1446(a)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ``scholarships to individuals'' and inserting ``scholarships
(including for programs leading to a bachelor or graduate degree) to
individuals''.
    (b) Mandatory Funding.--Section 1446(b)(1) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3222a(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Fiscal year 2025 and fiscal years
                thereafter.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
                Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to
                carry out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2025
                and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available
                until expended.''.
    (c) Discretionary Funding.--Section 1446(b)(2) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3222a(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``each of fiscal years 2020
through 2023'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year
thereafter''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1446(a)(3) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3222a(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``each of the 4 succeeding
academic years'' and inserting ``each academic year thereafter for
which funding is available under subsection (b)(1)''.
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