3.0.0 2268 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z Senate S 2017-12-21 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-21T22:49:48Z HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act 115 1123 HR 2017-02-16 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-12-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-12-21 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-12-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-12-21 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-12-21 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2018-03-06 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-03-12 False Education Education 00 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-30T22:40:44Z HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the HBCU Capital Financing Program, which guarantees low-cost private loans to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to finance infrastructure repairs, maintenance, and construction.

It replaces statutory references to "escrow account" with "bond insurance fund."

The bill authorizes the Department of Education to provide financial counseling that prepares an eligible HBCU to qualify for, apply for, and maintain a capital improvement loan.

It revises and expands reporting requirements for the HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board.

]]> HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act Display Title HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify certain provisions relating to the capital financing of historically Black colleges and universities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2268is/xml/BILLS-115s2268is.xml 2017-12-21 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.