[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3006 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3006
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
An Act
To improve the use of a grant of a parcel of land to the State of Idaho
for use as an agricultural college, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LAND GRANT.
(a) In General.--Section 10 of the Act of July 3, 1890 (26 Stat.
215, chapter 656) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 10.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Notwithstanding sections 3 through 5 of the Act of July 2,
1862 (commonly known as the `First Morrill Act') (7 U.S.C. 303 et
seq.), the State of Idaho may--
``(1) invest and manage earnings and proceeds derived from land
granted to the State of Idaho pursuant to subsection (a), in
accordance with the standards applicable to a trustee under Idaho
law;
``(2) deduct from earnings and proceeds generated from granted
land any expenses that a trustee is authorized to deduct pursuant
to Idaho law; and
``(3) use earnings and proceeds generated by the granted land
for any uses and purposes described in that Act (7 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.) without regard to the limitations set out in section 5 of
that Act (7 U.S.C. 305) that prohibit the State from exceeding 10
per centum on the purchase of land and prohibit the State from
purchasing, erecting, preserving, or repairing of any building or
buildings.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 27, 1998.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.