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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3281

Introduced

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

Sponsor
DShomari Figures· Alabama
Introduced
May 8, 2025
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Latest action
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.May 8, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3281 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3281

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

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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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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).
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