House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2021
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Latest action: May 18, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3294.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 86, May 18, 2021, Page H2541):Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3294, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
219 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 200 Democrats
19 of 219 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Ted Budd (R-NC), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL) and 189 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.Con.Res. 70 (117th) Condemning threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities ("HBCUs") and reaffirming support for HBCUs and their…
- H.R. 4865 (117th) Registration for Index-Linked Annuities Act
- H.R. 7195 (117th) To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and protections.
- H.R. 4077 (117th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1051 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to…
- H.Res. 304 (117th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2021, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.