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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1279 

To reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges 

and universities and other minority-serving institutions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically 

Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving 

institutions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fostering Under5 graduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘FUTURE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 

2 AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY3 SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 

4 Section 371(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

7 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2021’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) by striking the second sentence; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (i) in clause (ii)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘$85,000,000’’; and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

17 semicolon; 

18 (ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

19 clause (iv); 

20 (iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) $15,000,000 shall be available 

23 for allocation under subparagraph (D); 

24 and’’; and 


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1 (iv) in clause (iv), as redesignated by 

2 clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘(E)’’; 

4 (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT

7 HBCUS.—The amount made available for alloca8 tion under this subparagraph by subparagraph 

9 (A)(ii) for any fiscal year shall be available to 

10 eligible institutions described in subsection 

11 (a)(1) and shall be made available as grants 

12 under section 323 and allotted among such in13 stitutions under section 324, treating such 

14 amount, plus the amount appropriated for such 

15 fiscal year in a regular or supplemental appro16 priation Act to carry out part B of this title, as 

17 the amount appropriated to carry out part B of 

18 this title for purposes of allotments under sec19 tion 324, for use by such institutions with a 

20 priority for— 

21 ‘‘(i) activities described in paragraphs 

22 (1), (2), (4), (5), and (10) of section 

23 323(a); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) other activities, consistent with 

25 the institution’s comprehensive plan and 


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1 designed to increase the institution’s ca2 pacity to prepare students for careers in 

3 the physical or natural sciences, mathe4 matics, computer science or information 

5 technology or sciences, engineering, lan6 guage instruction in the less commonly 

7 taught languages or international affairs, 

8 or nursing or allied health professions.’’; 

9 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

10 subparagraph (E); 

11 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(D) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT

14 PBIS.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount made 

16 available for allocation under this subpara17 graph by subparagraph (A)(iii) for any fis18 cal year shall be available to eligible insti19 tutions described in subsection (a)(5) and 

20 shall be available for a competitive grant 

21 program to award grants of $600,000 an22 nually for programs in any of the following 

23 areas: 

24 ‘‘(I) Science, technology, engi25 neering, or mathematics (STEM). 


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1 ‘‘(II) Health education. 

2 ‘‘(III) Internationalization or 

3 globalization. 

4 ‘‘(IV) Teacher preparation. 

5 ‘‘(V) Improving educational out6 comes of African American males. 

7 ‘‘(ii) EXCESS FUNDS.—The Secretary 

8 shall allot any amounts remaining from the 

9 amount made available for allocation under 

10 this subparagraph by subparagraph (A)(iii) 

11 for any fiscal year after grants are award12 ed under clause (i) to eligible institutions 

13 described in subsection (a)(5) for activities 

14 determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’; 

15 and 

16 (E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated 

17 by subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding 

18 clause (i), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iv)’’. 

20 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEES. 

21 Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 

22 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) is amended by adding at 

23 the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of this Act, the authority to obligate funds for acVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279

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1 count maintenance fees under this section shall expire at 

2 the end of fiscal year 2019.’’. 

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