House
Apr 29, 1982

A bill to repeal obsolete statutory language purporting to permit racial segregation in agricultural and mechanical arts colleges financed under the Agricultural College Act of 1890.

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Amends Federal law to replace language referring to racially separate colleges financed under the Agricultural College Act of 1890 with language requiring funds to be equitably distributed among all institutions so financed. States that this Act shall not be construed as affecting Department of Agriculture research and extension programs at Tuskegee Institute or other institutions established under the Act of July 2, 1862, or the Act of August 30, 1890.

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Mr. LELAND

(D) TX – 18

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Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

Apr 29, 1982

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