 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTIONAL AID
 
      Part E--Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
 
     subpart 1--minority science and engineering improvement program
 
Sec. 1067a. Purpose; authority


(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) \1\ of this title.
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(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.

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

                       References in Text

    Section 3444(a)(1) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in 
the original a reference to section 304(a)(1) of the Department of 
Education Organization Act of 1979. Sections 304 and 305 of that Act 
were renumbered as sections 303 and 304, respectively, by Pub. L. 103-
382, title II, Sec. 271(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3929, and are 
classified to sections 3444 and 3445, respectively, of this title.

                          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

    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-325 inserted ``, particularly 
minority women,'' after ``ethnic minorities''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1067h of this title.
