 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTIONAL AID
 
      Part E--Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
 
            subpart 2--administrative and general provisions
 
Sec. 1067g. Eligibility for grants

    Eligibility to receive grants under this part is limited to--
        (1) public and private nonprofit institutions of higher 
    education that--
            (A) award baccalaureate degrees; and
            (B) are minority institutions;

        (2) public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education 
    that--
            (A) award associate degrees; and
            (B) are minority institutions that--
                (i) have a curriculum that includes science or 
            engineering subjects; and
                (ii) enter into a partnership with public or private 
            nonprofit institutions of higher education that award 
            baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering;

        (3) nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional 
    scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that 
    award baccalaureate degrees, that--
            (A) provide a needed service to a group of minority 
        institutions; or
            (B) provide in-service training for project directors, 
        scientists, and engineers from minority institutions; or

        (4) consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to 
    one or more minority institutions, the membership of which may 
    include--
            (A) institutions of higher education which have a curriculum 
        in science or engineering;
            (B) institutions of higher education that have a graduate or 
        professional program in science or engineering;
            (C) research laboratories of, or under contract with, the 
        Department of Energy;
            (D) private organizations that have science or engineering 
        facilities; or
            (E) quasi-governmental entities that have a significant 
        scientific or engineering mission.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title III, Sec. 361, formerly title X, Sec. 1041, as 
added Pub. L. 99-498, title X, Sec. 1002, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1564; 
renumbered title III, Sec. 361, and amended Pub. L. 105-244, title III, 
Secs. 301(a)(5), (7), (b), (c)(9), 307(b), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636, 
1637, 1648.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 1135d of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 105-244.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 307(b), amended section catchline and 
text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``Eligibility 
to receive grants under this part is limited to--
        ``(1) public and private nonprofit institutions that are 
    minority institutions (as defined in section 1067k(3) of this 
    title); and
        ``(2) nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional 
    scientific societies, and all nonprofit, accredited colleges and 
    universities which provide a needed service to a group of eligible 
    minority institutions or which provide in-service training for 
    project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority 
    institutions.''
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 301(c)(9), substituted ``section 
1067k(3)'' for ``section 1135d-5(3)''.
    Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 301(b)(1), inserted ``and'' after the 
semicolon.
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 301(b)(2), substituted a period for 
``; and''.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 301(b)(3), struck out par. (3) which 
read as follows: ``for the purposes of section 1135c-1 of this title, 
public and private nonprofit institutions that have at least 10 percent 
minority enrollment.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as 
otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, 
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.
