12 2 STA T . 1 9 9 0PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 strik i ng‘ ‘ 20 0 7’ ’ eachpl ace it appears in s ub secti o ns ( a ) an d (b) and inserting ‘‘20 1 2’’ .SEC.7135 .E XT E N S IO NSE RV ICE. S ection 1 46 4o f the N ational A gricultural R esearch ,Ex tension, and T eaching P olic y Actof1 9 77 (7 U .S. C . 3 312) is a m ended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC. 713 6 .S UP P L E M ENT A LAN D ALTERNATIVE CROPS. Section 1473 D (a) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten - sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC. 7137. NE W ERA RURAL TEC H NOLO GY PROGRAM. Subtitle K of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310 et se q .) is amended by adding at the end the follo w ing
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‘SEC. 1 4 73E. NEW ERA RURAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. ‘‘(a) D EFIN I T I O NOFCO M M U NIT Y CO L LE G E. —I n this section, the term ‘community college’ means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the H igher Education Act of 196 5 (20 U.S.C. 1001))— ‘‘(1) that admits as regular students indi v iduals who— ‘‘(A) are beyond the age of compulsory school attend- ance in the State in which the institution is located
and ‘‘( B ) have the ability to benefit from the training offered by the institution; ‘‘(2) that does not provide an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent degree; and ‘‘(3) that— ‘‘(A) provides an educational program of not less than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree; or ‘‘(B) offers a 2-year program in engineering, technology, mathematics, or the physical, chemical, or biological sciences, designed to prepare a student to work as a techni- cian or at the semiprofessional level in engineering, sci- entific, or other technological fields requiring the under- standing and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge. ‘‘(b) F UN C TION S .— ‘‘(1) EST AB LIS H MENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENE R AL.—The Secretary shall establish a pro- gram to be known as the ‘New Era Rural Technology Program’, to make grants available for technology develop- ment, applied research, and training to aid in the develop- ment of an agriculture-based renewable energy workforce. ‘‘(B) SU P PORT.—The initiative under this section shall support the fields of— ‘‘(i) bioenergy; ‘‘(ii) pulp and paper manufacturing; and ‘‘(iii) agriculture-based renewable energy resources. ‘‘(2) RE Q UIREMENTS FOR FUN D ING.—To receive funding under this section, an entity shall— ‘‘(A) be a community college or advanced technological center, located in a rural area and in existence on the Grants.7USC3 3 19e .
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