HBCU Parity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5122
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2018-02-27
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education

Educational facilities and institutions

Minority education
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>HBCU Parity Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to reauthorize and provide mandatory funding for Department of Agriculture grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. </p> <p>(Under current law funding for the grant program is subject to the annual appropriations process. Mandatory spending is not controlled by appropriations bills.) </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5122 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2018 Mr. Lawson of Florida (for himself, Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Norton , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Lee , and Ms. Bass ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to provide mandatory funding for grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the HBCU Parity Act of 2018 . 2. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University Section 1447(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3222b(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Funding (1) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter. (2) Mandatory funding Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter. .