[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1764 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1764

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2007

 Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Craig) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
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.
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