House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To prohibit the reduction, elimination, or suspension of funding for land-grant colleges and universities.
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures D-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 77, May 8, 2025, Page H1945):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3281, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 September 16, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shomari Figures.
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- H.R. 9849 (119th) Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026
- H.R. 6635 (119th) Bus Operator Safety and Security Act
- H.Res. 1086 (119th) Recognizing the historical significance of the Clotilda, condemning the United States role in the Atlantic slave trade, and acknowledging…
- H.R. 5849 (119th) USCP Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.