[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4984

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
  Policy Act of 1977 to allow for 1890 institutions to carry over an 
increased percentage of extension funding received during the previous 
                              fiscal year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2018

   Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Kelly of 
Mississippi, and Mr. Luetkemeyer) 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 allow for 1890 institutions to carry over an 
increased percentage of extension funding received during the previous 
                              fiscal year.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carryover Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING 1890 INSTITUTIONS TO CARRY OVER AN INCREASED 
              PERCENTAGE OF EXTENSION FUNDING.

    Paragraph (4) of section 1444(a) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No more than'' and inserting the 
        following: ``For fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 
        2018, no more than''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For 
        fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2018, the 
        limitation specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply 
        and 100 percent of such funds may be carried forward to the 
        succeeding fiscal year.''.
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