HR 4252 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Latest action · Nov 3, 2021 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.

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. IntroducedJun 30, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill rescinds specified funds that were provided to the Department of Agriculture for assistance and support for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners and operators. The bill makes the rescinded funds available for scholarships at 1890 Institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system).

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2021 to Oct 19, 2021; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJun 30, 2021
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalJun 30, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Jul 22, 2021
R-OHMichael R. TurnerSep 29, 2021
R-NCTed BuddOct 15, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOct 19, 2021

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Jun 30, 2021Markup Oct 21, 2021Reported Nov 3, 2021
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Referred Sep 14, 2021Discharged Oct 21, 2021

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2021Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-172.
  2. Nov 3, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
  3. Oct 21, 2021Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Discharged.
  4. Oct 21, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Oct 21, 2021Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 45 - 3.
  6. Sep 14, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
  7. Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House
  8. Jun 30, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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.

Committee report

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and cl. 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 114, June 30, 2021, page H3580.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2021Reported in House
  2. Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House

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