§ 3241. — Education grants programs for Hispanicserving institutions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC3241]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER VII--PROGRAMS FOR HISPANIC, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE
HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 3241. Education grants programs for Hispanic-serving
institutions
(a) Grant authority
The Secretary may make competitive grants (or grants without regard
to any requirement for competition) to Hispanic-serving institutions for
the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Hispanic-
serving institutions to carry out education, applied research, and
related community development programs.
(b) Use of grant funds
Grants made under this section shall be used--
(1) to support the activities of consortia of Hispanic-serving
institutions to enhance educational equity for underrepresented
students;
(2) to strengthen institutional educational capacities,
including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific
instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student
recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State,
regional, national, or international educational needs in the food
and agricultural sciences;
(3) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students
from underrepresented groups in order to prepare them for careers
related to the food, agricultural, and natural resource systems of
the United States, beginning with the mentoring of students at the
high school level and continuing with the provision of financial
support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree;
and
(4) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between 2 or more
Hispanic-serving institutions, or between Hispanic-serving
institutions and units of State government or the private sector, to
maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty,
facilities, and equipment, to improve food and agricultural sciences
teaching programs.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to make grants under this
section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2007.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1455, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title
VIII, Sec. 815(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1166; amended Pub. L. 105-
185, title III, Sec. 301(a)(11), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 562; Pub. L.
107-171, title VII, Sec. 7111, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 433.)
Prior Provisions
For prior section 3241 and prior section 1455 of Pub. L. 95-113, see
note set out preceding this section.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-171 substituted ``2007'' for
``2002''.
1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``each of fiscal
years 1997 through 2002'' for ``fiscal year 1997''.
