FORESTRY STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM.

SEC. 1252. FORESTRY STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM. The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 10. FORESTRY STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM. “(a) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the ‘Forestry Student Grant Program’ (hereafter referred to in this section as the ‘Program’), to provide assistance to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists. “(b) Student Grants.— Under the Program the Secretary shall provide assistance for the establishment of a competitive grant fellowship program to assist graduate, and undergraduate minority and female, students attending institutions having programs in forestry and natural resources. “(c) Eligibility.— The Secretary shall ensure that students concentrating in the following studies shall be eligible for assistance under subsection (b): “(1) Forestry. “(2) Biology and forest organisms. “(3) Ecosystem function and management. “(4) Human-forest interaction. “(5) International trade, competition, and cooperation. “(6) Wood as a raw material. “(7) Economics and policy. “(d) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.”.