To prohibit the reduction, elimination, or suspension of funding for land-grant colleges and universities.

Bill: 119-hr-3281
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
Introduced: 2025-05-08
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3281 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2025 Mr. Figures (for himself, Ms. McClellan , Ms. Sewell , Mrs. Foushee , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Ivey , Mr. Fields , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , and Ms. Kamlager-Dove ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture , and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the reduction, elimination, or suspension of funding for land-grant colleges and universities.

1. Prohibition on reduction, elimination, or suspension of funding for land-grant colleges and universities (a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture, or any other Federal official, may not take any action to reduce, eliminate, or suspend funding for land-grant colleges and universities, unless such reduction, elimination, or suspension is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress. (b) Land-Grant colleges and universities defined In this section, the term land-grant colleges and universities has the meaning given such term in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 ).