PRISM Act

Bill: 115-hr-7282
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-12
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

Historic sites and heritage areas

Minority education
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Preservation Research at Institutions Serving Minorities Act or the PRISM Act</strong></p> <p>This bill makes Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) as well as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving IHEs eligible for technical and financial assistance from the Department of the Interior to establish preservation training and degree programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7282 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2018 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to make Hispanic-serving institutions eligible for technical and financial assistance for the establishment of preservation training and degree programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preservation Research at Institutions Serving Minorities Act or the PRISM Act . 2. Eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions for assistance for preservation education and training programs Section 303903(3) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting to Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a) )) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions (as defined in section 320(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059g(b) )), after universities, .