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Title 20 - EDUCATIONChapter 28 - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCESubchapter III - INSTITUTIONAL AIDPart E - MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Subpart 1 - MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Section 1067a - Purpose; authority

20 U.S.C. § 1067a

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 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) 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.

20 U.S.C. § 1067a

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, §1002, 106 Stat. 780; renumbered title III, §351, Pub. L. 105-244, §301, 112 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 111-39, §301, 123 Stat. 1937.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 351 of Pub. L. 89-329 was renumbered section 391 and is classified to section 1068 of this title.

AMENDMENTS2009-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.