HBCU Parity Act of 2018
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 27, 2018)
HBCU Parity Act of 2018
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.
(Under current law funding for the grant program is subject to the annual appropriations process. Mandatory spending is not controlled by appropriations bills.)
What just happenedMar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 27, 2018
- Mar 8, 2018Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee - Feb 27, 2018IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Feb 27, 2018IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2018IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House