GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY.

SEC. 1612. GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. (a) Resident Instruction.— The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1445 (7 U.S.C. 3222) the following new section: “SEC. 1446. RESIDENT INSTRUCTION AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. “(a) Purpose.— It is the purpose of this section to promote and strengthen higher education in the food and agricultural sciences at colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘eligible institutions’) by formulating and administering programs to enhance teaching programs in agriculture, natural resources, forestry, veterinary medicine, home economics, and disciplines closely allied to the food and agriculture production and delivery system. “(b) Grants.— The Secretary shall make competitive grants, or grants without regard to any requirement for competition, to those eligible institutions having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences. 104 STAT. 3722 “(c) Use of Grant Funds.— Grants made under subsection (b) shall be used to— “(1) strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences; “(2) attract and support undergraduate and graduate students in order to educate them in identified areas of national need in the food and agricultural sciences; “(3) facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more eligible institutions or between eligible institutions and units of State government, or organizations in the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources such as facility, facilities, and equipment to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs; and “(4) conduct undergraduate scholarship programs to assist in meeting national needs for training food and agricultural scientists. “(d) Grant Requirements.— (1) The Secretary shall ensure that each eligible institution, prior to receiving grant funds under subsection (b), shall have a significant demonstrable commitment to higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences and to each specific subject area for which grant funds under this subsection are to be used. “(2) The Secretary may require that any grant awarded under this section contain provisions that require funds to be targeted to meet the needs identified in section 1402. “(e) Minority Set-Aside.— The Secretary may set aside a portion of the funds appropriated for grants under this section and make such amounts available only for grants to eligible institutions that the Secretary determines have unique capabilities for achieving the objective or full representation of minority groups that are under-represented in the Nation’s food and agricultural sciences work force. “(f) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated $11,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 to carry out this section.”. (b) Agricultural and Food Sciences Facilities.— Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 1446 (as added by subsection (a)) the following new section: “SEC. 1447. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. “(a) Purpose.— It is hereby declared to be the intent of Congress to assist the institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee University (hereafter referred to in this section as ‘eligible institutions’) in the acquisition and improvement of agricultural and food sciences facilities and equipment, including libraries, so that the eligible institutions may participate fully in the production of human capital. “(b) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section $8,000,000 for each of the104 STAT. 3723 fiscal years 1991 through 1995, and such sums shall remain available until expended. “(c) Use of Grant Funds.— Four percent of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available to the Secretary for administration of this grants program. The remaining funds shall be available for grants to eligible institutions for the purpose of assisting them in the purchase of equipment and land, the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity in the production of human capital in the food and agricultural sciences and can be used at the discretion of the eligible institutions in the areas of research, extension, and resident instruction or any combination thereof. “(d) Method of Awarding Grants.— Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be made in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section. “(e) Prohibition of Certain Uses.— Federal funds provided under this section may not be utilized for the payment of any overhead costs of the eligible institutions. “(f) Regulations.— The Secretary may promulgate such rules and regulations as the Secretary may consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.”. (c) National Research and Training Centennial Centers.— Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 1447 (as added by subsection (b)) the following new section: “SEC. 1448. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTENNIAL CENTERS. “(a) Competitive Grants Authorized.— The Secretary of Agriculture may make a competitive grant to five national research and training centennial centers located at colleges (or a consortia of such colleges) eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University, that— “(1) have been designated by the Secretary for the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 as national research and training centennial centers; and “(2) have the best demonstrable capacity, as determined by the Secretary, to provide administrative leadership as— “(A) a National Center for Goat Research and Training; “(B) a National Center for Agricultural Engineering Development, Research, and Training; “(C) a National Center for Water Quality and Agricultural Production Research and Training; “(D) a National Center for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Training; and “(E) a National Center for Domestic and International Trade and Development Research and Training. “(b) Use of Grants.— A grant made under subsection (a) may be expended by a center to— “(1) pay expenses incurred in conducting research for which the center was designated; “(2) print and disseminate the results of such research; “(3) plan, administer, and direct such research; and “(4) alter or repair buildings necessary to conduct such research. “(c) Priority.— In making a grant determination under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to those centers that— 104 STAT. 3724 “(1) will assure dissemination of information between eligible institutions described in subsection (a) and among agricultural producers; and “(2) will attract students and needed professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. “(d) Payments.— (1) Under the terms of a grant made under subsection (a), funds appropriated under subsection (f) for a fiscal year shall be paid (upon vouchers approved by the Secretary) to a center receiving the grant in equal quarterly installments beginning on or about the first day of October of such year. “(2) Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year for which funds are paid under this section to a center, the research director of such center shall submit to the Secretary a detailed statement of the disbursements in such fiscal year of funds received by such center under this section. “(3) If any of the funds received by a center under this section are misapplied, lost, or diminished by any action or contingency on the part of the center— “(A) the center shall replace such funds; and “(B) the Secretary shall not distribute to such center any other funds under this subsection until such funds are replaced. “(e) Prohibited Uses of Funds.— Funds provided under this section may not be used— “(1) to acquire or construct a building; or “(2) to pay the overhead costs of the college (or consortia of colleges) receiving the grant. “(f) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 for grants under this section. “(g) Center Defined.— For purposes of this section, the term ‘center’ means a national research and training centennial center that receives a grant under this subsection. “(h) Coordination of Center Activities.— (1) The center designated under subsection (a)(2)(C) shall coordinate its activities with the water quality research activities conducted under subtitle G of title XIV of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. “(2) The center designated under subsection (a)(2)(D) shall coordinate its activities with the sustainable agriculture research and education program established under subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.”. (d) Clerical Amendment.— The table of contents of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113; 91 Stat. 913) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1445 the following new items: “Sec. 1446. Resident instruction at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. “Sec. 1447. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. “Sec. 1448. National research and training centennial centers.”.