Sec. 7134. Scholarship program for students attending 1890 Institutions

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Congress finds the following: The Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act ) (26 Stat. 417, 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 the colleges and universities described in paragraph

(1)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 ; 128 Stat. 649) authorizes the appropriation of Federal funds for research, education, and extension activities at the colleges and universities described in paragraph

(1)and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 ( Public Law 114–113 ; 129 Stat. 2245) appropriated $19,000,000 for education grants for the colleges and universities described in paragraph (1). 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 those 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 the 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 section and the amendment made by this section are— 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 careers in 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 )); and to provide scholarships to 1890 land-grant students seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences. Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) (as amended by section 7118) is amended by adding at the end the following: 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University The Secretary shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall award a grant to each 1890 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )) (referred to in this section as an eligible institution ), to award scholarships to individuals who— seek to attend the eligible institution; and intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including a career in agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. Of the funds made available under paragraph

(1)for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each eligible institution $1,000,000. .

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