12 2 STA T . 122 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8‘ ‘ (1)INGE NE RAL.—TheS e cr e ta r ys ha l l esta b l i shac omp eti - ti v e g ra n ts program to fu n d fundamental and applied research at H ispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in agriculture , human nutrition, food science, bioenergy, and environmental science. ‘‘( 2 ) AUTHO R IZ ATION O F A P PROPRIATION S .—There are authori z ed to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for fiscal year 2 0 0 8 and each fiscal year thereafter. ’ ’. (b) EX TENSION.—Section 3 of the Smith- L ever Act ( 7U .S. C . 3 4 3) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the follo w ing
‘‘(4) ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR HISPANI C -SER V ING AGRI- CULTURAL COLLEGES AN D UNIVERSITIES.— ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payments to Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the N ational Agricultural R esearch, E x tension, and Teaching P olicy Act of 1 9 77 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) such sums as are necessary to carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended. ‘‘( B ) ADDITIONAL A M OUNT.—Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be in addition to any other amounts made available under this section to States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, G uam, or the United States V irgin Islands. ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be— ‘‘(i) distributed on the basis of a competitive application process to be developed and implemented by the Secretary
‘‘(ii) paid by the Secretary to the State institutions established in accordance with the Act of J uly 2, 18 6 2 (commonly k nown as the ‘ F irst M orrill Act’) (7 U.S.C. 301 et se q .); and ‘‘(iii) administered by State institutions through cooperative agreements with the Hispanic-serving agri- cultural colleges and universities in the State in accord- ance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.’’; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘AND HIS- PANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND UNIVER- SITIES’’ after ‘‘1994 INSTITUTIONS’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘pursuant to subsection (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘or Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b)’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and (B) by inserting after paragraph ( 5 ) the following: ‘‘(6) HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.—The term ‘Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges
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