S 1279 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

FUTURE Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 2, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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. IntroducedMay 2, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act

This bill extends through FY2021 and revises mandatory funding programs for historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, including by allocating a portion of the funding for grants to predominantly black institutions for programs in (1) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) health education; (3) internationalization or globalization; (4) teacher preparation; or (5) improving educational outcomes of African-American males.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2019 to Dec 4, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SCTim ScottOriginalMay 2, 2019
R-GADavid PerdueMay 20, 2019
D-MNTina SmithMay 20, 2019
R-ARJohn BoozmanJul 30, 2019
D-MTJon TesterJul 30, 2019
D-CAKamala D. HarrisSep 9, 2019
R-NDKevin CramerSep 9, 2019
R-FLMarco RubioSep 9, 2019
D-CTChristopher MurphySep 10, 2019
R-MSRoger F. WickerSep 10, 2019
R-NCThom TillisSep 10, 2019
D-VATim KaineSep 10, 2019
D-AZKyrsten SinemaSep 12, 2019
I-WVJoe Manchin IIISep 18, 2019
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoSep 18, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 2, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. May 2, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2486FUTURE ActIdentical billJul 23, 2020
HR 4674College Affordability ActRelated billDec 28, 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 2, 2019Introduced in Senate

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