To prohibit the reduction, elimination, or suspension of funding for land-grant colleges and universities.
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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.
H.R. 3281 prohibits the federal government from reducing, eliminating, or suspending funding for land-grant colleges and universities unless Congress specifically authorizes such action through new legislation. The bill applies to the Secretary of Agriculture and all other federal officials, preventing unilateral executive decisions to cut funding for these institutions. Land-grant colleges and universities—which include major public research and teaching institutions established under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts—serve millions of students and conduct critical agricultural research and extension programs. The bill does not appropriate new funding or establish a specific timeline, but rather creates a legal barrier that would require Congress to pass new legislation before any funding cuts could take place. This legislation essentially protects the current funding base for these institutions from administrative action.
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