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H.R. 1135: To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

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H.R. 1135: To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2024 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] · 47 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1135, a bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Program (2017-05-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1135, an act to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (2018-04-12)

Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1135 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115