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H.R. 6876 115th Congress House

Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018

Official title: To permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.

Introduced: September 25, 2018 Introduced by: Alma S. Adams Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 25, 2018
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 Latest action September 25, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018

This bill permanently extends mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions and increases the authorized funding levels for such programs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3467 Identical bill Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018
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 Cosponsors 45
All 45 Democratic 26
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Green, Al
Texas · Nov 27, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 26, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 26, 2018
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Oct 12, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 2, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Oct 2, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 2, 2018
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 28, 2018
Brown, Anthony
· Sep 27, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Sep 27, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 25, 2018
Bass, Karen
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 25, 2018
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 25, 2018
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Sep 25, 2018
Fudge, Marcia
· Sep 25, 2018
GREEN, GENE
· Sep 25, 2018
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Sep 25, 2018
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 25, 2018
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 25, 2018
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 25, 2018
LEWIS, JOHN
· Sep 25, 2018
Maloney, Sean
· Sep 25, 2018
McEachin, A.
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 25, 2018
Napolitano, Grace
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 25, 2018
PRICE, DAVID
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Sep 25, 2018
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Sep 25, 2018
RYAN, TIM
· Sep 25, 2018
Sablan, Gregorio
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 25, 2018
Vela, Filemon
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Sep 25, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6876: Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6876/
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"H.R. 6876: Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6876/.
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H.R. 6876, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6876/.
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