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HR 5122 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Educational facilities and institutions Minority education

HBCU Parity Act of 2018

Introduced: February 27, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Feb 27, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 27, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

HBCU Parity Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to reauthorize and provide mandatory funding for Department of Agriculture grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.

(Under current law funding for the grant program is subject to the annual appropriations process. Mandatory spending is not controlled by appropriations bills.)

What's happening now March 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2 Related bill Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 27, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 27, 2018
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 27, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5122: HBCU Parity Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5122/
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"H.R. 5122: HBCU Parity Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5122/.
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