3.0.0 3284 2020-02-10T16:51:05Z 2020-02-10T16:51:05Z House H HR 2005-07-14 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2006-05-01T18:12:29Z Referred to 2005-07-14T14:01:25Z 2006-05-01 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2005-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1494) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 2005-07-14 True E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2005-07-14 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2005-11-08 False B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2005-11-16 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2006-02-15 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2006-05-17 False B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2006-07-27 False Education Building materials Community and school Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Environmental education Environmental research Environmental technology Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Green products Higher education Public Lands and Natural Resources Recycling of waste products Refuse and refuse disposal Research grants School administration Science, Technology, Communications Sustainable development Teacher education Transportation and Public Works Waste reduction Education 00 2005-07-14 Introduced in House 2005-08-03T21:34:02Z Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education.

Requires such programs to develop and implement: (1) sustainability practices, including in the areas of energy management, green building, waste management, purchasing, transportation, and toxics management; and (2) other aspects of sustainability that integrate campus operations with multidisciplinary educational programs and are applicable to the private and government sectors.

]]> Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability initiatives through administrative and operational practices as well as multidisciplinary research, education, and outreach at institutions of higher education. Display Title Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3284ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3284ih.xml 2006-05-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.