land-grant status for the college of the virgin islands and the university of guam

land-grant status for the college of the virgin islands and the university of guam Sec. 506. (a) The College of the Virgin Islands and the University of Guam shall be considered land-grant colleges established for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301–305, 307, 308). (b) In lieu of extending to the Virgin Islands and Guam those provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended, relating to donations of public land or land scrip for the endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to the Virgin Islands and $3,000,000 to Guam. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall he held and considered to have been granted to the Virgin Islands and Guam subject to the provisions of that Act applicable to the proceeds from the sale of land or land scrip. (c) The Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417; 7 U.S.C. 3–22–326) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated annually for payment to the Virgin Islands and Guam the amount they would receive under this Act if they were States. Sums appropriated under this section shall be treated in the same manner and he subject to the same provisions of law, as would be the case if they had been appropriated by the first sentence of this Act.”. (d) Section 22 of the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 439; 7 U.S.C. 329), is further amended— (1) by striking out “and Puerto Rico” wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam”; (2) by striking out “$7,800,000” and inserting in lieu thereof the figure “$8,100,000”; and 86 Stat. 351 (3) by striking out “$4,320,000” and inserting in lieu thereof the figure “$1,360,000”. (e) The Act of March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 39; 7 U.S.C. 331) is amended— (1) by striking out “and Territories” wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam”; (2) by striking out “or Territories” wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam”; and (3) by striking out “State” wherever it appears in the third proviso of that Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam”. (f) Section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1091: 7 U.S.C. 1626), is amended by striking out the period at the end of the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, and the term ‘State’ when used in this chapter shall include the Virgin Islands and Guam.”. (g) Section 3 of the Act of May 8, 1914, as amended (38 Stat. 373; 7 U.S.C. 343), is further amended by inserting “(1)” immediately after the designation of subsection (b) thereof and by adding at the end of subsection (b) thereof a new paragraph (2) as follows; “(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for payment to the Virgin Islands and Guam, $100,000 each, which sums shall be in addition to the sums appropriated for the several States of the United States and Puerto Rico under the provisions of this section. The amount paid by the Federal Government to the Virgin Islands and Guam pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed during any fiscal year, except the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, when such amount may be used to pay the total cost of providing services pursuant to this Act. the amount available and budgeted for expenditure by the Virgin Islands and Guam for the purposes of this Act.”. (h) Section 10 of the Act of May 8, 1914, is amended by striking out “and Puerto Rico” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam”. (i) Section 4 of the Act of October 10, 1962 76 Stat 806; 16 U.S.C. 582a–3, is amended by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, except that for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, the matching funds requirement hereof shall not be applicable to the Virgin Islands and Guam, and sums authorized for such years for the Virgin Islands and Guam may be used to pay the total cost of programs for forestry research.”. (j) Section 8 of the Act of October 10, 1962 76 Stat. 807; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.”. (k) Section 1 of the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i), is amended by striking out the period at the end of the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Guam and the Virgin Islands,” and striking out “and” between the words “Hawaii and Puerto Rico.”. (l) Section 3 of the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (1) of subsection (b), and adding a new paragraph (2) to subsection (b) to read as follows: 86 Stat. 352 “(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for payment to the Virgin Islands and Guam, $100,000 each, which sums shall be in addition to the sums appropriated for the several States of the United States and Puerto Rico under the provisions of this section. The amount paid by the Federal Government to the Virgin Islands and Guam pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed during any fiscal year, except the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, when such amount may be used to pay the total cost of providing services pursuant to this Act, the amount available and budgeted for expenditure by the Virgin Islands and Guam for the purposes of this Act.” (m) With respect to the Virgin Islands and Guam, the enactment of this section shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement of State, consent contained in laws or provisions of law referred to in this section. (n) The amendments made by this section shall be effective after June 30, 1970.