§3222a Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary must give grants to each eligible 1890 land‑grant college or university, including Tuskegee University, so the schools can award scholarships. Students must have been accepted, plan to enroll within one year, and intend to work in food and agricultural sciences (for example, agribusiness, energy and renewable fuels, or financial management). Schools must use a competitive process to pick winners. Each grant must be at least $500,000. Of the money listed in (b)(1), up to $10,000,000 may be used for these grants for the academic year starting July 1, 2020 and for each of the four academic years after that. Funds come from the Commodity Credit Corporation: $40,000,000 by October 1, 2019; $10,000,000 within 30 days after November 17, 2023; and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. In addition, up to $10,000,000 was authorized for each fiscal year 2020–2023. No more than 4 percent of the yearly funds may pay program administration. Two years after the first grant and every two years after that, the Secretary must report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees showing how much each school got, how many scholarships were given each year under each grant, and the amount of each scholarship.