FUTURE Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1279 To reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 2, 2019 Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fostering Under- 4 graduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education 5 Act’’ or the ‘‘FUTURE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1279 IS SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 1 AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY- 2 SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 3 Section 371(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 4 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)) is amended— 5 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 6 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 7 ‘‘through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2021’’; 8 and 9 (B) by striking the second sentence; and 10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 11 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 12 (i) in clause (ii)— 13 (I) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘$85,000,000’’; and 15 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 16 semicolon; 17 (ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 18 clause (iv); 19 (iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 20 following: 21 ‘‘(iii) $15,000,000 shall be available 22 for allocation under subparagraph (D); 23 and’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1279 IS (iv) in clause (iv), as redesignated by 1 clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘(E)’’; 3 (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in- 4 serting the following: 5 ‘‘(C) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT 6 HBCUS.—The amount made available for alloca- 7 tion under this subparagraph by subparagraph 8 (A)(ii) for any fiscal year shall be available to 9 eligible institutions described in subsection 10 (a)(1) and shall be made available as grants 11 under section 323 and allotted among such in- 12 stitutions under section 324, treating such 13 amount, plus the amount appropriated for such 14 fiscal year in a regular or supplemental appro- 15 priation Act to carry out part B of this title, as 16 the amount appropriated to carry out part B of 17 this title for purposes of allotments under sec- 18 tion 324, for use by such institutions with a 19 priority for— 20 ‘‘(i) activities described in paragraphs 21 (1), (2), (4), (5), and (10) of section 22 323(a); and 23 ‘‘(ii) other activities, consistent with 24 the institution’s comprehensive plan and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 1279 IS designed to increase the institution’s ca- 1 pacity to prepare students for careers in 2 the physical or natural sciences, mathe- 3 matics, computer science or information 4 technology or sciences, engineering, lan- 5 guage instruction in the less commonly 6 taught languages or international affairs, 7 or nursing or allied health professions.’’; 8 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 9 subparagraph (E); 10 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 11 the following: 12 ‘‘(D) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT 13 PBIS.— 14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount made 15 available for allocation under this subpara- 16 graph by subparagraph (A)(iii) for any fis- 17 cal year shall be available to eligible insti- 18 tutions described in subsection (a)(5) and 19 shall be available for a competitive grant 20 program to award grants of $600,000 an- 21 nually for programs in any of the following 22 areas: 23 ‘‘(I) Science, technology, engi- 24 neering, or mathematics (STEM). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 1279 IS ‘‘(II) Health education. 1 ‘‘(III) Internationalization or 2 globalization. 3 ‘‘(IV) Teacher preparation. 4 ‘‘(V) Improving educational out- 5 comes of African American males. 6 ‘‘(ii) EXCESS FUNDS.—The Secretary 7 shall allot any amounts remaining from the 8 amount made available for allocation under 9 this subparagraph by subparagraph (A)(iii) 10 for any fiscal year after grants are award- 11 ed under clause (i) to eligible institutions 12 described in subsection (a)(5) for activities 13 determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’; 14 and 15 (E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated 16 by subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding 17 clause (i), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iii)’’ 18 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iv)’’. 19 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEES. 20 Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 21 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) is amended by adding at 22 the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provi- 23 sion of this Act, the authority to obligate funds for ac- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •S 1279 IS count maintenance fees under this section shall expire at 1 the end of fiscal year 2019.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1279.IS S1279 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS