This bill provides specified funds to the 1890 Scholarships Program for FY2025 and each succeeding year for student scholarships. 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.
The bill also permanently reauthorizes the 1890 Scholarships Program.
Further, the bill specifies that student scholarships include scholarships for programs leading to a bachelor or graduate degree.
[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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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