---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3222a"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3222a"
heading: "Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3222a"
units:
  - "Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching"
  - "Subchapter VI — 1890 Land-Grant College Funding"
---

# §3222a. Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions

- (a) **In general—**
  - (1) **Scholarship grant program established—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) shall make grants to each [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act; [7 U.S.C. 322](/usc/7/322.md) [321] et seq.), including Tuskegee [University](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A), for purposes of awarding scholarships to individuals who—
    - (A) have been accepted for admission at such [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A);
    - (B) will be enrolled at such [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) not later than one year after the date of such acceptance; and
    - (C) intend to pursue a career in the [food and agricultural sciences](/usc/7/3103.md?p=9), including a career in—
      - (i) agribusiness;
      - (ii) energy and renewable fuels; or
      - (iii) financial management.
  - (2) **Condition—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) may only award a grant under this subsection to a [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) if the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) determines that such [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) has established a competitive scholarship awards process for the award of scholarships to individuals described in such paragraph.
  - (3) **Annual limitation—** Of the funds made available under [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1), the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) may use not more than $10,000,000 to award grants under this subsection for the academic year beginning on July 1, 2020, and each of the 4 succeeding academic years.
  - (4) **Amount of grant—** Each grant made under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $500,000.
- (b) **Funding—**
  - (1) **Mandatory funding—**
    - (A) **Funding—** Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) shall make available to carry out this section $40,000,000 not later than October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended.
    - (B) **Additional funding—** Not later than 30 days after November 17, 2023, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) shall make available to carry out this section $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    - (C) **Further funding—** Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) shall make available to carry out this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended.
  - (2) **Discretionary funding—** In addition to amounts made available under [paragraph (1)](#b-1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
  - (3) **Administrative expenses—** Of the funds made available under paragraphs [(1)](#b-1) and [(2)](#b-2) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not more than 4 percent may be used for expenses related to administering the program under this section.
- (c) **Report—** Beginning on the date that is two years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under [subsection (a)](#a), and every two years thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report detailing—
  - (1) the amount of funds provided to each eligible [college](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) or [university](/usc/7/3103.md?p=4-A) under this section;
  - (2) the number of scholarships awarded under each grant each fiscal year; and
  - (3) the amount of each such scholarship.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1446, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7117, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4789; amended Pub. L. 118–22, div. B, title I, § 102(d)(5)(A), Nov. 17, 2023, 137 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 119–21, title I, § 10604(c), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 109.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of August 30, 1890, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is act Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 321 et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 321 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Another section 1446 of Pub. L. 95–113 amended section 3104 of this title.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3222a, Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1446, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1612(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3721; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title IV, § 402(9), (10), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1863, which related to resident instruction at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 855, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1172.

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 119–21 added subpar. (C).

2023—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 118–22, § 102(d)(5)(A)(i), substituted “4 succeeding” for “three succeeding”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 118–22, § 102(d)(5)(A)(ii), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B).