Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935


    Act of June 29, 1935, ch.
    338, 49 Stat. 436, 7 U.S.C. 427 et seq.

    TITLE II

    Sec. 22 (1) In order to provide
    for the more complete endowment and support of the colleges in the several
    States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam <2>, entitled to the benefits
    of Act entitled “An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories
    which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
    arts,” approved July 2, 1862, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 301-328),
    there are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money
    in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following amounts:(3)

      (a) For the first fiscal year
      beginning after the date of enactment of this Act and for each fiscal year
      thereafter, $8,100,000; and

      (b) For the first fiscal year
      beginning after the date of enactment of this this Act and for each fiscal
      year thereafter, $4,360,000. The sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph
      (a) shall be paid annually to the several States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
      Islands and Guam in equal shares. The sums appropriated in pursuance of
      paragraph (b) shall be in addition to sums appropriated in pursuance of
      paragraph (a) and shall be allotted and paid annually to each of the several
      States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam in the proportion to which
      the total population of each State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and
      Guam bears to the total population of all the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
      Islands and Guam as determined by the last preceding decennial census. Sums
      appropriated in pursuance of this section shall be in addition to sums appropriated
      or authorized under such Act of July 2, 1862, as amended and supplemented
      and shall be applied only for the purposes of the colleges defined in such
      Act, as amended and supplemented. The provisions of law applicable to the
      use and payment of sums under the Act entitled “An Act to apply a portion
      of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support
      of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established
      under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862,” approved
      August 30, 1890, as amended and supplemented, shall apply to the use and
      payment of sums appropriated in pursuance of this section.

    Sec. 23 (4) (Repealed)

      (1) 7 U.S.C. 329. Amended in
      its entirety by the Act of July 14, 1960, Public Law 86-658, 74 Stat. 525.

      (2) References to the Virgin
      Islands and Guam were added by the Act of June 23, 1972, Public Law 92-318,
      section 506(d)(1), 86 Stat. 350.

      (3) Annual appropriation authorizations
      in their present amounts were provided by the Act of June 23, 1972, Public
      Law 92-318,86 Stat. 350.

      (4) 7 U.S.C. 343d. Repealed
      by the Act of June 26,1953, ch. 157, section 2, 67 Stat. 86.



    See also: Morrill Land Grant Acts
    See also: Hatch Act
    See also: Land
    Grant Institutions

    See also: Sea-Grant
    Act


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