[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2903

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native 
serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2023

 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Murkowski) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to extend education grant programs for Alaska Native 
serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Parity for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND 
              NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Grant period.--A grant made under this subsection 
        shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``$10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 
                2023'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 
                and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
                2028''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Grant period.--A grant made under this subsection 
        shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
                through 2023'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 2023 and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
                through 2028''.
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