A bill 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.
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May 12, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4496: A bill 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.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4496/
"S. 4496: A bill 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.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4496/.
S. 4496, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4496/.
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