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20 U.S.C. § 1067a

Purpose; authority

United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective

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20 U.S.C. § 1067a, Purpose; authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451984
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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. 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

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 99-498(S. 1965)1986-10-17
    Higher Education Amendments of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-325(S. 1150)1992-07-23
    Higher Education Amendments of 1992
    House: 419–7Senate: 93–1
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-244(H.R. 6)1998-10-07
    Higher Education Amendments of 1998
    House: 414–4Senate: 96–0
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-39(H.R. 1777)2009-07-01
    To make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
    House: 411–0Senate: no recorded tally