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HR 2938 110th Congress House Education Agricultural colleges Agricultural experiment stations Agricultural extension work Agricultural research Agriculture and Food District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to education Federal-local relations Government Operations and Politics Higher education Intergovernmental fiscal relations Minorities Minority education Nutrition Science, Technology, Communications

District of Columbia Land Grant Enhancement Act of 2007

Introduced: June 28, 2007 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Jun 28, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 28, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1453)
Jun 28, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

District of Columbia Land Grant Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Smith-Lever Act and the Hatch Act of 1887 to apply to the District of Columbia the reduced matching funds requirements for federal formula funds for agricultural extension work and experiment stations, respectively. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such matching funds requirements when the District of Columbia is unlikely to meet them.

Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize funding to assist the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), a land-grant university, to construct, acquire, rent, alter, or repair buildings or facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research.

Makes UDC eligible for competitive grants under such Act for food and agricultural sciences education at schools having significant minority enrollments.

What's happening now April 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

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