[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 232 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 232

Expressing the sense of the Senate that August 30, 2015, be observed as 
  ``1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2015

   Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
 Perdue, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Isakson, 
 Mr. Sessions, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
Coons, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Cotton) submitted the following resolution; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that August 30, 2015, be observed as 
  ``1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day''.

Whereas the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), popularly known as 
        the ``Second Morrill Act'', led to the creation of 19 historically Black 
        Federal land-grant educational institutions;
Whereas the 19 historically Black 1890 land-grant universities are identified as 
        Lincoln University, Alcorn State University, the University of Arkansas 
        at Pine Bluff, Alabama A&M University, Prairie View A&T University, 
        Southern University, Virginia State University, Kentucky State 
        University, the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Florida A&M 
        University, Delaware State University, North Carolina A&T University, 
        Fort Valley State University, South Carolina State University, Langston 
        University, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, Central 
        State University, and West Virginia State University;
Whereas the Act of May 8, 1914 (7 U.S.C. 341), popularly known as the ``Smith-
        Lever Act'', provided for the establishment of the Cooperative Extension 
        Service within the Department of Agriculture for the dissemination, 
        through Federal land-grant institutions, of information pertaining to 
        agriculture and home economics; and
Whereas appropriate recognition should be given to the contributions made by the 
        19 historically Black Federal land-grant institutions to the heritage, 
        educational development, and agricultural strength of the United States: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) August 30, 2015, should be designated as ``1890 Land-
        Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day'';
            (2) such day should be observed with appropriate ceremonies 
        and activities to recognize the collective contributions that 
        these institutions have made to the United States;
            (3) the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-Lever Act have 
        helped the United States develop agricultural leaders; and
            (4) the Department of Agriculture and the National 
        Institute of Food and Agriculture should remain committed to 
        supporting the goals of the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-
        Lever Act.
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