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[CITE: 7USC3151]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS AND 
                               FELLOWSHIPS
 
Sec. 3151. Grants to enhance research capacity in schools of 
        veterinary medicine
        

(a) Competitive grant program

    The Secretary shall conduct a program of competitive grants to 
States for the purpose of meeting the costs of renovation, improving 
compliance with Federal regulations, employing faculty, acquiring 
equipment, and taking other action related to the improvement of schools 
of veterinary medicine to ensure agricultural competitiveness on a 
worldwide basis. This grant program shall be based on a matching formula 
of 50 per centum Federal and 50 per centum State funding.

(b) Preference

    Except with respect to the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the 
Secretary shall give preference in awarding grants to States which file, 
with their application for funds under this section, assurances 
satisfactory to the Secretary that--
        (1) the State has established a veterinary medical training 
    program with one or more States without colleges of veterinary 
    medicine which consists of appropriate cooperative agreements 
    providing for a sharing of curriculum and costs by the individual 
    States;
        (2) the clinical training of the school to be improved shall 
    emphasize care and preventive medical programs for food animals and 
    companion animals (including horses) which support industries of 
    major economic importance; and
        (3) the Secretary may set aside a portion of funds appropriated 
    for the award of grants under this section and make such amounts 
    available only for grants to eligible colleges and universities that 
    the Secretary determines have unique capabilities for achieving the 
    objective of full participation of minority groups in research in 
    the Nation's schools of veterinary medicine.

Notwithstanding clause (1) of this subsection, no State which the 
Secretary determines has made a reasonable effort to establish 
appropriate cooperative agreements shall be denied a grant or otherwise 
prejudiced because of its failure to establish such cooperative 
agreements.

(c) Apportionment and distribution of funds

    Funds appropriated to carry out this section for any fiscal year 
shall be apportioned and distributed as follows:
        (1) Five per centum shall be retained by the Department of 
    Agriculture for administration, program assistance to eligible 
    States, and program coordination.
        (2) The remainder shall be apportioned and distributed by the 
    Secretary to those States which have applied for funds under this 
    section on such basis as the Secretary may deem appropriate.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1415, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 993; 
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1417, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1305; Pub. 
L. 99-198, title XIV, Sec. 1410, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1547; Pub. L. 
101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1607(a), (b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3716.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(b)(1), amended section catchline 
generally.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(b)(1), inserted heading.
    Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. 
Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: ``The Secretary 
shall conduct a program of grants to States for the purpose of meeting 
the costs of construction, employing faculty, acquiring equipment, and 
taking other action relating to the initial establishment and initial 
operation of schools of veterinary medicine, or the expansion of 
existing schools of veterinary medicine, as determned [sic] by the 
Secretary by regulations.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(b)(2), inserted heading.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(a)(2), struck out ``, or 
has made a reasonable effort to establish,'' after ``established'', and 
``and'' after ``States;''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(a)(3), amended par. (2) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``the clinical 
training of the school to be established or expanded shall emphasize 
care and preventive medical programs for food-producing animals.''
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(a)(3), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1607(b)(3), inserted heading.
    1985--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 99-198 substituted ``Five'' for 
``Four''.
    1981--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 97-98 struck out proviso that not less 
than 50 per centum of such funds shall be made available to States which 
have accredited schools of veterinary medicine.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95-
113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 
1307 of this title.
