HR 6164 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Inclusive Campuses Act

Introduced Sep 26, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

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Latest action · Sep 26, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 26, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Inclusive Campuses Act

This bill amends title III (Institutional Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions of higher education to use title III funds to establish resource centers on campus that provide support to and education about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2016 to Nov 15, 2016; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-NVDina TitusOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalSep 26, 2016
D-MNKeith EllisonSep 27, 2016
D-CAEric SwalwellNov 15, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2016Introduced in House
  2. Sep 26, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H5913H.R. 6164–6173—Sep 26, 2016

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; -And To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoring Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 145, September 26, 2016, page H5913.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of title III funds for the establishment of LGBTQ resource centers.
Short Titles as Introduced
Inclusive Campuses Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2016Introduced in House

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