20 USC § 1067a - Purpose; authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1067a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1067a - Purpose; authority"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1067a"
section_name: "Purpose; authority"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL AID"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 351, formerly title X, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1561; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title X, § 1002(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 780; renumbered title III, § 351, Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 301(a)(5), (7), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 111–39, title III, § 301(5), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1937.)"
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# § 1067a. Purpose; authority

**(a)** **Congressional declaration of purpose** section 1862(a)(1) of title 42section 3444(a)(1) of this title

It is the purpose of this subpart to continue the authority of the Department to operate the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program created under  and transferred to the Department by .

**(b)** **Grant authority** 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 351, formerly title X, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1561; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title X, § 1002(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 780; renumbered title III, § 351, Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 301(a)(5), (7), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 111–39, title III, § 301(5), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1937.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 391 and is classified to .

### Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a).  made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to .

1992—Subsec. (b).  inserted “, particularly minority women,” after “ethnic minorities”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of  (), see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .