Title: Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018
Policy area: Education

Summary:
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.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3467 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3467

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2018

 Mr. Jones (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
    Booker, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
  Klobuchar, Ms. Harris, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
Duckworth, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, 
  Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Minority-Serving 
Institutions Act of 2018''.

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 
                ``appropriated,'' 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:
                            ``(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 
                                inserting ``(E)'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Allocation and allotment hbcus.--The amount 
                made available for allocation 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 institutions 
                under section 324, treating such amount, plus the 
                amount appropriated for such fiscal year in a regular 
                or supplemental appropriation 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 
                section 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 capacity 
                        to prepare students for careers in the physical 
                        or natural sciences, mathematics, computer 
                        science or information technology or sciences, 
                        engineering, language 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 
                        subparagraph by subparagraph (A)(iii) for any 
                        fiscal year shall be available to eligible 
                        institutions described in subsection (a)(5) and 
                        shall be available for a competitive grant 
                        program to award grants of $600,000 annually 
                        for programs in any of the following areas:
                                    ``(I) Science, technology, 
                                engineering, or mathematics (STEM).
                                    ``(II) Health education.
                                    ``(III) Internationalization or 
                                globalization.
                                    ``(IV) Teacher preparation.
                                    ``(V) Improving educational 
                                outcomes 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 awarded 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)--
                            (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 
                        striking ``$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 succeeding fiscal year''.
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