12 2 STA T . 1 987PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 18 , 2008 forap ro ject after m a king a rea s ona bl e effort to ot h er -w ise obtain the f u n d ing .‘ ‘ (C)PAYMENTOF NON-FE D E R A LSH ARE. —A grant awarded under this subsection shall be made onl y if the recipient of the grant pays a non- F ederal share in an amount that is specified by the S ecretary and based on assessed institutional needs. ‘‘( 3 )A U THOR IZ ATION OF A P PROPRIATIONS.— T here are authori z ed to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for fiscal year 20 0 8 and each fiscal year thereafter. ‘‘(e) COMPETITI V E G RANTS PRO G RAM.— ‘‘( 1 ) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a competi- ti v e grants program to fund fundamental and applied research at H ispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in agriculture , human nutrition, food science, bioenergy, and environmental science. ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for fiscal year 2008 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 following
‘‘(4) ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR HISPANI C -SERVING AGRI- CULTURAL COLLEGES AND 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 Policy 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 AMOUNT.—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, Guam, 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 known as the ‘First 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
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