§ 3159. Land-grant designation

• (a)
  • (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), beginning on December 20, 2018 , no additional entity may be designated as eligible to receive funds under a covered program.
  • (2) The 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 section 2 of Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the “McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act”) ( 16 U.S.C. 582a–1 ).
  • (3) In 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 December 20, 2018 , is eligible to receive funds under a covered program.
• (b) No State shall receive an increase in funding under a covered program as a result of the State’s designation of additional entities as eligible to receive such funding.
• (c) For purposes of this section, the term “covered program” means agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs or grants established or available under any of the following:
  • (1) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 343 of this title .
  • (2) The Hatch Act of 1887 ( 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.).
  • (3) Sections 3221, 3222, and 3222b of this title.
  • (4) Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.).
• (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting eligibility for a capacity and infrastructure program specified in section 6971(f)(1)(C) of this title that is not a covered program.