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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Committees of jurisdiction
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