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S 2928 116th Congress Senate Education Education programs funding Environmental education Higher education Teaching, teachers, curricula

Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019

Introduced: November 21, 2019 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Nov 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 and revises the University Sustainability program, which awards grants for designing and implementing sustainability practices on college campuses.

What's happening now November 21, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4674 Related bill College Affordability Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 21, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 21, 2019
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Nov 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2928: Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2928/
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"S. 2928: Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2928/.
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S. 2928, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2928/.
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[S. 2928: Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2928/)
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