Honoring the accomplishments of the 9 historically Black colleges and universities that celebrated their sesquicentennial the week of September 24, 2017.

H. Res. 563 · 115th Congress · Oct 10, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

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honors the accomplishments of the 9 historically Black colleges and universities that celebrated their sesquicentennial the week of September 24, 2017, and of historically Black colleges and universities, in general;

(2)

celebrates the 150th anniversary of these 9 institutions, and encourages Congress and the citizens they represent to recognize the beneficial impact historically Black colleges and universities have had on the United States; and

(3)

directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make available 5 enrolled copies of this resolution to each institution’s Office of the President or Chancellor.

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Oct 10, 2017viewing Introduced in House Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Byrne, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Evans, Ms. Hanabusa, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Costa, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Crist, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Bass, Mr. Walker, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Hill, Ms. Jayapal, and Mrs. Demings) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

Honoring the accomplishments of the 9 historically Black colleges and universities that celebrated their sesquicentennial the week of September 24, 2017.

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