FUTURE Act
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.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Dec 4, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 2, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 2, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 2, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5878, S5879 | Mark R. Warner D-VA | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5421 | Doug Jones D-AL | Sep 11, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2486 | FUTURE Act | Identical bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
| HR 4674 | College Affordability Act | Related bill | Dec 28, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FUTURE Act
- Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 2, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
