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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation

§ 1862d. Set-aside for certain institutions

Statutory text

Of the amounts appropriated to the Foundation for the Program, as authorized under section 101 of this Act, in each fiscal year, at least 12 percent shall be reserved for historically Black colleges or universities defined as “part B institutions” by section 1061(2) of title 20 and other institutions of higher education whose enrollment includes a substantial percentage of students who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, or Native Americans.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 100–570 title II § 205 · 102 Stat. 2865

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1862d

    (Pub. L. 100–570, title II, § 205, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2877.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–570, title II, § 205, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2877.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 205. set-aside for certain institutions Of the amounts appropriated to the Foundation for the 42 USC 1862d. Program, as authorized under section 101 of this Act, in each fiscal year, at least 12 percent shall be reserved for historically Black colleges or universities defined as “part B institutions” by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) and other institutions of higher education whose enrollment includes a substantial percentage of students who are Black Americans, His-panic Americans, or Native Americans.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 101 of this Act, referred to in text, is section 101 of Pub. L. 100–570, title I, , 102 Stat. 2865, which is not classified to the Code.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Academic Research Facilities Modernization Act of 1988, and also as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–570, title II, § 205, , 102 Stat. 2877.)

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