To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 25, 2023 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.
- IntroducedOct 6, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill expands the allowable uses of grants under the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program to include activities related to arts, arts education, and cultural programs.
Specifically, the bill allows grants under the HBCU program to be used for
- providing financial and other assistance to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs;
- establishing outreach programs and development offices for arts, arts education, and cultural departments;
- providing comprehensive wraparound services for arts, arts education, and cultural students, including faculty and peer mentorship, work-based learning opportunities, guidance counseling, and career advising;
- exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting Black art collections in exhibition and in storage; and
- providing well-paid apprenticeship, internship, and fellowship opportunities to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs through partnerships with nonprofit arts, arts education, and cultural institutes.
A grant recipient may enter into a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to carry out these activities.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 6, 2023 to Sep 16, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Oct 6, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Sep 16, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023Referred Oct 26, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Oct 6, 2023Introduced in House
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 164, October 6, 2023, page H4990.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House
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.
