Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6343 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6343

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native 
serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2025

   Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Case) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native 
serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Parity for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND 
              NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Grant period.--A grant made under this subsection 
        shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``$10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 
                2023'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 
                and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 
                2031''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Grant period.--A grant made under this subsection 
        shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
                through 2023'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 2026 and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 
                through 2031''.
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