FEDERAL · 20 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER III—INSTITUTIONAL AID

Purpose; authority

20 U.S.C. § 1067a
Title20Education
ChapterSUBCHAPTER III—INSTITUTIONAL AID
Partsubpart 1—minority science and engineering improvement program

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20 U.S.C. § 1067a.

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(a)Congressional declaration of purpose It is the purpose of this subpart to continue the authority of the Department to operate the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program created under section 1862(a)(1) of title 42 and transferred to the Department by section 3444(a)(1) of this title.
(b)Grant authority The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, carry out a program of making grants to institutions of higher education that are designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, in scientific and technological careers.

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Related

§ 1862
20 U.S.C. § 1862
§ 3444
20 U.S.C. § 3444

Source Credit

History

(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, §351, formerly title X, §1021, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, §1002, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1561; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title X, §1002(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 780; renumbered title III, §351, Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §301(a)(5), (7), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 111–39, title III, §301(5), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1937.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1135b of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–244.

Prior Provisions
A prior section 351 of Pub. L. 89–329 was renumbered section 391 and is classified to section 1068 of this title.

Amendments
2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–39 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 3444(a)(1) of this title.
1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–325 inserted ", particularly minority women," after "ethnic minorities".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2009 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

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