Title 20 — Education
Part E · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance
§ 1067a. Purpose; authority
Statutory text
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.
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Higher Education Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–329 title III § 351 · 79 Stat. 1219
Enacted · 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
Source evidence
Code source credit
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. 1561Higher Education Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–325 title X § 1002(a) · 106 Stat. 448
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1067a(b)
Pub. L. 102–325 inserted “, particularly minority women,” after “ethnic minorities”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–325 inserted “, particularly minority women,” after “ethnic minorities”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Minority Science Improvement Programs.— Section 1021(b) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1135b(b)) is amended by inserting “, particularly minority women,” after “ethnic minorities”.Pub. L. 111–39 title III § 301(5) · 123 Stat. 1934
Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 1067a(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
Source evidence
Code amendment note
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.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) in section 351(a) (20 U.S.C. 1067a(a))— (A) by striking “section 304(a)(1)” and inserting “section 303(a)(1)”; and (B) by striking “of 1979”;Effective date note
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.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
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.
Amendments1992–2009 · 2 rounds
2009
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 (), 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 , see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.
Credits
1986–2009 · 4 acts
- 1986Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 351, formerly title X, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, , 100 Stat. 1561
- 1992amended Pub. L. 102–325, title X, § 1002(a), , 106 Stat. 780
- 1998renumbered title III, § 351, Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 301(a)(5), (7), , 112 Stat. 1636
- 2009Pub. L. 111–39, title III, § 301(5), , 123 Stat. 1937.
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(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 351, formerly title X, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, , 100 Stat. 1561; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title X, § 1002(a), , 106 Stat. 780; renumbered title III, § 351, Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 301(a)(5), (7), , 112 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 111–39, title III, § 301(5), , 123 Stat. 1937.)