[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1352 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1352

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
   Policy Act of 1977 to extend eligibility to junior and community 
colleges for grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences 
                               education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1993

  Mr. Hughes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
   Policy Act of 1977 to extend eligibility to junior and community 
colleges for grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences 
                               education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND 
              AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION.

    Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The terms `college' and `university' include a junior 
        or community college.
            ``(2) The term `junior or community college' means an 
        educational institution that--
                    ``(A) admits as regular students persons who are 
                beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the 
                State in which the institution is located and who have 
                the ability to benefit from the training offered by the 
                institution;
                    ``(B) does not provide an educational program for 
                which it awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent 
                degree); and
                    ``(C) provides an educational program of not less 
                than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit toward 
                such a degree.''.

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