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 PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1305

APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SCHOOLS OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

SEC. 1417. Section 1415(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Ejrtension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151(c)(2)) is amended by striking out the colon and the proviso. FEDERAL SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

SEC. 1418. (a) Section 1417(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) The Secretary shall promote and develop higher education in the food and agricultural sciences by formulating and administering higher education programs. (2) The Secretary may make grants to land-grant colleges and universities, and to other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out food and agricultural teaching, for a period not to exceedfiveyears— "(A) to strengthen institutional capacities to respond to State, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences; "(B) to attract students and to educate them as needed in the food and agricultural sciences, and to attract needed professionals to provide for their professional improvement in the food and agricultural sciences; "(C) to design and implement innovative food and agricultural educational programs; and "(D) to facilitate cooperative agreements between two or more eligible institutions to maximize the use of faculty and facilities to improve their food and agricultural teaching programs. Such grants shall be made without regard to matching funds, but each recipient institution shall have a significant ongoing commitment to the food and agricultural sciences generally and to the specific subject area for which such grant is to be used. "(3) The Secretary may make competitive grants to colleges and universities for a period not to exceedfiveyears— "(A) to develop or administer programs to meet unique food and agricultural educational problems; and "(B) to administer and conduct specialized programs to attract individuals for undergraduate and graduate programs and to administer and conduct graduate fellowship programs to meet regional and national Directives in the food and agricultural sciences. Such grants shall be made without regard to matching funds provided by recipients.". (b) Section 1417(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "There are hereby transferred to the Secretary all the functions and duties of the Secretary of Education under the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 329) applicable to the activities and programs for which funds are made available under section 22 of such Act.". (c) Section 1417(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(d)) is amended by striking out "for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982," and inserting in lieu thereof "for each of the fiscal years ending Septem-

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