3.0.0 2444 2023-01-11T13:15:26Z 2023-01-11T13:15:26Z Senate S S 2007-12-11 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-11T17:20:56Z Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 110 3637 HR 2007-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2007-12-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-12-11 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-12-11 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-12-11 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-12-11 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-02-25 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-02-28 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-04-23 False Education Building materials Community and school Conferences Curricula 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 Government service contracts Graduate education Green products Higher education Industry-university relations Nonprofit organizations Public Lands and Natural Resources Recycling of waste products Refuse and refuse disposal Research grants School administration Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Sustainable development Teacher education Transportation and Public Works Waste reduction Education 00 2007-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-20T22:12:48Z Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 - 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 (IHEs).

Directs the Secretary to contract with an IHE, nonprofit organization, or consortium of such institutions for administration of the grant program.

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.

Directs the Secretary to convene a summit of higher education experts, federal representatives, and business and industry leaders to encourage cooperative efforts to enhance sustainability programs at IHEs and apply such programs to the community and workplace.

]]> Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 Display Title Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2444is/xml/BILLS-110s2444is.xml 2007-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.