I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6876 
To permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically 
Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
VEASEY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. VELA, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BASS, 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. LEE, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. DAVIS 
of California, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for 
historically Black colleges and universities and other mi-
nority-serving institutions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Minor-
ity-Serving Institutions Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 371(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘ap-
propriated,’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2019’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘appropriated, 
$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each 
succeeding fiscal year’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) 
in 
clause 
(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$117,500,000’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$99,875,000’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (iv); 
(iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
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‘‘(iii) $17,625,000 shall be available 
for allocation under subparagraph (D); 
and’’; and 
(v) in clause (iv), as redesignated by 
clause (iii)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘$55,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$65,000,000’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(E)’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) 
ALLOCATION
AND
ALLOTMENT 
HBCUS.—The amount made available for alloca-
tion under this subparagraph by subparagraph 
(A)(ii) for any fiscal year shall be available to 
eligible institutions described in subsection 
(a)(1) and shall be made available as grants 
under section 323 and allotted among such in-
stitutions under section 324, treating such 
amount, plus the amount appropriated for such 
fiscal year in a regular or supplemental appro-
priation Act to carry out part B of this title, as 
the amount appropriated to carry out part B of 
this title for purposes of allotments under sec-
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tion 324, for use by such institutions with a 
priority for— 
‘‘(i) activities described in paragraphs 
(1), (2), (4), (5), and (10) of section 
323(a); and 
‘‘(ii) other activities, consistent with 
the institution’s comprehensive plan and 
designed to increase the institution’s ca-
pacity to prepare students for careers in 
the physical or natural sciences, mathe-
matics, computer science or information 
technology or sciences, engineering, lan-
guage instruction in the less-commonly 
taught languages or international affairs, 
or nursing or allied health professions.’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (E); 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) 
ALLOCATION
AND
ALLOTMENT 
PBIS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount made 
available for allocation under this subpara-
graph by subparagraph (A)(iii) for any fis-
cal year shall be available to eligible insti-
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tutions described in subsection (a)(5) and 
shall be available for a competitive grant 
program to award grants of $600,000 an-
nually for programs in any of the following 
areas: 
‘‘(I) Science, technology, engi-
neering, or mathematics (STEM). 
‘‘(II) Health education. 
‘‘(III) 
Internationalization 
or 
globalization. 
‘‘(IV) Teacher preparation. 
‘‘(V) Improving educational out-
comes of African American males. 
‘‘(ii) EXCESS FUNDS.—The Secretary 
shall allot any amounts remaining from the 
amount made available for allocation under 
this subparagraph by subparagraph (A)(iii) 
for any fiscal year after grants are award-
ed under clause (i) to eligible institutions 
described in subsection (a)(5) for activities 
determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’; 
and 
(E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (C)— 
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(i) 
in 
clause 
(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$30,000,000’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’; 
(ii) 
in 
clause 
(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$18,000,000’’; and 
(iii) in clauses (iii) and (iv), by strik-
ing ‘‘$5,000,000’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
MANDATORY 
FUNDING 
FOR 
MASTERS 
AND 
POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS. 
(a) MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMS.—Section 897 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161aa) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$11,500,000’’ and all that follows 
through 
‘‘succeeding 
fiscal 
years’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$13,500,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding 
fiscal year’’. 
(b) POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.—Section 898 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161aa– 
1) is amended by striking ‘‘$11,500,000 for fiscal year 
2009 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$21,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year’’. 
Æ 
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