H.R. 6876: Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-09-25 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-09-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018

Plain summary

Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018 This bill permanently extends mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions and increases the authorized funding levels for such programs.

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Official text

Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · 45 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Mark Takano (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] reported raising $483,375 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr6876.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6876 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115