119-hr1271

[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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