[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6164 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6164

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of title 
       III funds for the establishment of LGBTQ resource centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2016

 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
  Mr. Keating, Mr. Grayson, Ms. Titus, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
   Lawrence, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
 Quigley, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Lee, 
  Mr. Pocan, Mr. Honda, and Mr. DeSaulnier) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of title 
       III funds for the establishment of LGBTQ resource centers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Inclusive Campuses Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTERS.

    Part G of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1068 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399A. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTERS.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an institution 
that receives funds under this title may use a portion of such funds to 
establish an on-campus resource center that provides--
            ``(1) support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and 
        queer students; and
            ``(2) programming and education about such students to the 
        entire campus community.''.
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