Sec. 4. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to partner with relevant Federal departments and agencies in support of United States and African joint interests, including in the areas of democracy and good governance, food and agricultural security, education and human capital, youth development, trade and economic development, and public health infrastructure; to help integrate the work of HBCUs with the foreign policy and foreign assistance priorities of the United States, as appropriate; to bolster and facilitate productive interactions between HBCUs and relevant Federal departments and agencies; to encourage HBCU participation in relevant Federal programs, grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements; to expand existing partnership initiatives between HBCUs and relevant Federal departments and agencies; and to recognize the historic contributions of HBCUs to relations between the United States and Africa.