Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 2.djvu/152

 113 STAT. 1172 PUBLIC LAW 106-78 —OCT. 22, 1999 "(B) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE.—The Secretary may delegate the authority to carry out subparagraph (A) to any committee that is responsible for administering an order covering cranberries. Applicability. "(C) CONFIDENTIALITY. —Paragraph (2) shall apply to information provided under this paragraph. "(D) VIOLATIONS. — Any person who violates this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties provided under section 8c(14).". Effective date. SEC. 758. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the 7 USC 2025. Food Stamp Act (Public Law 95-113, section 16(a)) is amended by inserting after the phrase "Indian reservation under section 11(d) of this Act" the following new phrase: "or in a Native village within the State of Alaska identified in section 11(b) of Public Law 92-203, as amended. ". 7 USC 3242. SEC. 759. EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS, (a) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS.— (1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants (or grants without regard to any requirement for competition) to Alaska Native serving institutions for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska Native serving institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs. (2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— Grants made under this section shall be used— (A) to support the activities of consortia of Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under represented students; (B) 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 agriculture sciences; (C) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from under represented 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 including by village elders and continuing with the provision of financial support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and (D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more Alaska Native serving institutions, or between Alaska Native 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. (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 2006. (b) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—

�