Sec. 1. Short title; findings

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This Act may be cited as the . Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act Congress finds the following: The Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 419, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq. ) brought about the establishment of the following 19 public, African-American land-grant colleges and universities: Alabama A&M University. Alcorn State University. Central State University. Delaware State University. Florida A&M University.

Fort Valley State University. Kentucky State University. Langston University. Lincoln University. North Carolina A&T State University. Prairie View A&M University. South Carolina State University. Southern University System. Tennessee State University. Tuskegee University. University of Arkansas Pine Bluff. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Virginia State University. West Virginia State University. Funding for agricultural education, research, and extension at such colleges and universities is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture with each farm bill, which is enacted approximately every 5 years.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–79 ) authorizes the appropriation of Federal funds for research, education, and extension activities at such colleges and universities and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Division A of Public Law 114–113 ) appropriated $19,000,000 for education grants for such colleges and universities. There is a great need to increase the number of young African-Americans seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )), including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution.

Scholarship funding provided to increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences shall be provided with the caveat that such scholarship students shall commit to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. The average age of farmers and producers in the United States is 60 years of age and continues to rise.

Beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319f )) need greater assistance in the financing of their education because of the increased startup costs associated with farming, such as the purchase of land and farming equipment. The purposes of this Act are the following: To address the national crisis posed by the aging farmer and producer population in the United States. To increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )), including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution.

To reduce the average age of farmers and producers in the United States. To provide greater assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319f )). To provide scholarships to African-American students seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences.

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