Whereas former Senator Justin Morrill helped lead the passage of the Second Morrill Act of 1890 on August 30, 1890 ( 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq. ), to establish and support land-grant institutions for African Americans to attend; Whereas the mission of the 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )) is educational instruction, agricultural research, and statewide extension efforts; Whereas the universities that were founded and form the 1890 Institutions include— (1) Lincoln University, in Missouri, in 1866; (2) Alcorn State University, in Mississippi, in 1871; (3) University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, in Arkansas, in 1873; (4) Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, in Alabama, in 1875; (5) Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University, in Texas, in 1876; (6) Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, in Louisiana, in 1880; (7) Tuskegee University, in Alabama, in 1881; (8) Virginia State University, in Virginia, in 1882; (9) Kentucky State University, in Kentucky, in 1886; (10) University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in Maryland, in 1886; (11) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, in Florida, in 1887; (12) Central State University, in Ohio, in 1887; (13) Delaware State University, in Delaware, in 1891; (14) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in North Carolina, in 1891; (15) West Virginia State University, in West Virginia, in 1891; (16) Fort Valley State University, in Georgia, in 1895; (17) South Carolina State University, in South Carolina, in 1896; (18) Langston University, in Oklahoma, in 1897; and (19) Tennessee State University, in Tennessee, in 1912; Whereas collectively, these institutions have over 88,000 undergraduate and graduate students in disciplines including— (1) agriculture and related sciences; (2) computer and information sciences; (3) biological and biomedical sciences; (4) the physical and social sciences