H.R. 1271

119 HR 1271 IH: To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-12
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1271  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    A BILL
To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes.
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.
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(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) .