{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s3159","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3159.","heading":"Land-grant designation","text":"\u00a7\u202f3159.\nLand-grant designation\n(a)\nProhibition on designation\n(1)\nIn general\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), beginning on\nDecember 20, 2018\n(2)\n1994 institutions\nThe prohibition under paragraph (1) with respect to the designation of an entity eligible to receive funds under a covered program shall not apply in the case of the certification of a 1994 Institution under\nsection 2 of Public Law 87\u2013788\n16 U.S.C. 582a\u20131\n(3)\nExtraordinary circumstances\nIn the case of extraordinary circumstances or a situation that would lead to an inequitable result, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may determine that an entity designated after\nDecember 20, 2018\n(b)\nState funding\nNo State shall receive an increase in funding under a covered program as a result of the State\u2019s designation of additional entities as eligible to receive such funding.\n(c)\nCovered program defined\nFor purposes of this section, the term \u201ccovered program\u201d means agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs or grants established or available under any of the following:\n(1) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of\nsection 343 of this title\n(2) The Hatch Act of 1887 (\n7 U.S.C. 361a\n(3) Sections 3221, 3222, and 3222b of this title.\n(4) Public Law 87\u2013788\n16 U.S.C. 582a\n(d)\nRule of construction\nNothing in this section shall be construed as limiting eligibility for a capacity and infrastructure program specified in\nsection 6971(f)(1)(C) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s3159.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s3159","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3159."},{"t":"heading","text":"Land-grant 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