§ 343.
Appropriations; distribution; allotment and apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture; matching funds; cooperative extension activities
(b)
(1)
Out of such sums, each State and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be entitled to receive annually a sum of money equal to the sums available from Federal cooperative extension funds for the fiscal year 1962, and subject to the same requirements as to furnishing of equivalent sums by the State, except that amounts heretofore made available to the Secretary for allotment on the basis of special needs shall continue available for use on the same basis.
(2)
There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for payment to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, $100,000 each, which sums shall be in addition to the sums appropriated for the several States of the United States and Puerto Rico under the provisions of this section. The amount paid by the Federal Government to the Virgin Islands and Guam pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed during any fiscal year, except the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, when such amount may be used to pay the total cost of providing services pursuant to this subchapter, the amount available and budgeted for expenditure by the Virgin Islands and Guam for the purposes of this subchapter.
(3)
There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996
, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for payment on behalf of the 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994), such sums as are necessary for the purposes set forth in
(4)
Annual appropriation for hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.—
(A)
Authorization of appropriations.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payments to Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (as defined in
section 3103 of this title) such sums as are necessary to carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.
(B)
Additional amount.—
Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be in addition to any other amounts made available under this section to States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
(C)
Administration.—
Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be—
(i)
distributed on the basis of a competitive application process to be developed and implemented by the Secretary;
(ii)
paid by the Secretary to the State institutions established in accordance with the Act of
July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the “First Morrill Act”) (
7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); and
(iii)
administered by State institutions through cooperative agreements with the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in the State in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.
([May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 3], [38 Stat. 373]; [June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1], [67 Stat. 84]; [Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(b)]–(e), Oct. 5, 1962, [76 Stat. 745]; [Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(g)], June 23, 1972, [86 Stat. 351]; [Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1465], Sept. 29, 1977, [91 Stat. 1018]; [Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1435(b)], Dec. 23, 1985, [99 Stat. 1557]; [Pub. L. 99–396, § 9(e)], Aug. 27, 1986, [100 Stat. 840]; [Pub. L. 103–382, title V, § 534(b)], Oct. 20, 1994, [108 Stat. 4050]; [Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 883(a)], Apr. 4, 1996, [110 Stat. 1176]; [Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 105], title II, §§ 201, 203(b), (c)(2), 204(b), June 23, 1998, [112 Stat. 529], 531, 534, 536; [Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title VII, § 753(e)]], Oct. 21, 1998, [112 Stat. 2681], 2681–33; [Pub. L. 107–171, title VII], §§ 7213(b), 7215, May 13, 2002, [116 Stat. 448]; [Pub. L. 110–234, title VII], §§ 7129(b), 7403(a), May 22, 2008, [122 Stat. 1226], 1246; [Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)], title VII, §§ 7129(b), 7403(a), June 18, 2008, [122 Stat. 1664], 1987, 2007; [Pub. L. 115–334, title VII], §§ 7609(a), 7612(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2018, [132 Stat. 4830], 4831.)