House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act
Sponsor: Rep. David Scott D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6020.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 139, September 14, 2016, Page H5501):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6020, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6020
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 10 Democrats
3 of 13 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Gwen Graham (D-FL), Mia Love (R-UT), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Robert Scott (D-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Scott.
- H.R. 4747 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the "Major Gregory…
- H.R. 2620 (114th) To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.
- H.Con.Res. 18 (114th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights…
- H.R. 6021 (114th) Jobs, On-the-Job `Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act
- H.Res. 268 (114th) Supporting the designation of July 2015 as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3453 (114th) Federal Home Loan Bank Product Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.