Inclusive Campuses Act

Bill: 114-hr-6164
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-26
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Inclusive Campuses Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title III (Institutional Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions of higher education to use title III funds to establish resource centers on campus that provide support to and education about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6164 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2016 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Adams , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Keating , Mr. Grayson , Ms. Titus , Ms. Edwards , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Lee , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Honda , and Mr. DeSaulnier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of title III funds for the establishment of LGBTQ resource centers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inclusive Campuses Act . 2. Grants for LGBTQ resource centers Part G of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1068 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 399A. Availability of funds for LGBTQ resource centers Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an institution that receives funds under this title may use a portion of such funds to establish an on-campus resource center that provides— (1) support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students; and (2) programming and education about such students to the entire campus community. .