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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1271 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 |
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| 6 | 6 | | institutions, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY12, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | AVIDSCOTTof Georgia (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ISHOP, Ms. BROWN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | E |
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| 14 | 14 | | VANSof Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. MCGOVERN, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mrs. M |
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| 16 | 16 | | CIVER, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, and Mr. THOMPSONof Mis- |
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| 17 | 17 | | sissippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 18 | 18 | | mittee on Agriculture |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To provide additional funding for scholarships for students |
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| 21 | 21 | | at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR STUDENTS AT 1890 INSTITUTIONS. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) S |
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| 27 | 27 | | CHOLARSHIPS FOR BACHELOR OR GRADUATE 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | P |
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| 29 | 29 | | ROGRAMS.—Section 1446(a)(1) of the National Agricul-6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(a)(1)) is amended by striking 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | •HR 1271 IH |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘scholarships to individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘scholarships 1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (including for programs leading to a bachelor or graduate 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | degree) to individuals’’. 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) M |
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| 39 | 39 | | ANDATORYFUNDING.—Section 1446(b)(1) of 4 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(b)(1)) is 6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(C) F |
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| 44 | 44 | | ISCAL YEAR 2025 AND FISCAL YEARS 8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | THEREAFTER.—Of the funds of the Commodity 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | available to carry out this section $15,000,000 11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year there-12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | after, to remain available until expended.’’. 13 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | ISCRETIONARYFUNDING.—Section 1446(b)(2) 14 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 15 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(b)(2)) is 16 |
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| 54 | 54 | | amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2020 through 17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year 18 |
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| 56 | 56 | | thereafter’’. 19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) C |
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| 58 | 58 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 20 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 1446(a)(3) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-21 |
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| 60 | 60 | | sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 22 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 3222a(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 4 suc-23 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ceeding academic years’’ and inserting ‘‘each academic 24 |
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| 65 | 65 | | •HR 1271 IH |
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| 66 | 66 | | year thereafter for which funding is available under sub-1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | section (b)(1)’’. 2 |
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