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 110 STAT. 1176 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 randum of agreement with the 1994 Institutions to establish programs to ensure that tribally controlled colleges and Native American communities equitably participate in Department of Agriculture employment, programs, services, and resources.". SEC. 883. SMITH-LEVER ACT FUNDING FOR 1890 LAND-GRANT COL- LEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS. —Section 3(d) of the Act of May 8, 1914 (commonly known as the "Smith-Lever Act"; 7 U.S.C. 343(d)), is amended by adding at the end the following: "A college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University, may apply for and receive directly from the Secretary of Agriculture— "(1) amounts made available under this subsection after September 30, 1995, to carry out programs or initiatives for which no funds were made available under this subsection for fiscal year 1995, or any previous fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary; and "(2) amounts made available after September 30, 1995, to carry out programs or initiatives funded under this subsection prior to that date that are in excess of the highest amount made available for the programs or initiatives under this subsection for fiscal year 1995, or any previous fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —The third sentence of section 1444(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", except that for the purpose of this calculation, the total appropriations shall not include amounts made available after September 30, 1995, under section 3(d) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), to carry out programs or initiatives for which no funds were made available under section 3(d) of that Act for fiscal year 1995, or any previous fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary, and shall not include amounts made available after September 30, 1995, to carry out programs or initiatives funded under section 3(d) of that Act prior to that date that are in excess of the highest amount made available for the programs or initiatives for fiscal year 1995, or any previous fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary". SEC. 884. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES. (a) RESEARCH FACILITIES. —The Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 7 USC 390 note. "SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. "This Act may be cited as the 'Research Facilities Act'. 7 USC 390. " SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. "In this Act: "(1) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITY. —The term 'agricultural research facility means a proposed facility for research in food and agricultural sciences for which Federal funds are requested by a college, university, or nonprofit institution to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the facility. "(2) CONGRESSIONAL AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES.— The term 'congressional agriculture committees' means the Committee

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