1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019”.
Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize the University Sustainability Program.
2. University Sustainability Program amendments
Section 881 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161u) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
“(1) In general—From the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall make grants to eligible entities to establish sustainability programs to design and implement the teaching and practice of sustainability, including in the areas of staff and faculty professional development, energy management, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, green building, waste management, transportation, resilience, green workforce, and other aspects of sustainability that integrate the local community with multidisciplinary academic programs and are applicable to the private and government sectors.”
by striking paragraph (3)(B) and inserting the following:
“(B) a nonprofit consortium, association, alliance, or collaboration operating in partnership with more than 1 institution of higher education.”
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “in alignment with local community needs” after “following purposes”;
in subparagraph (D)—
by striking “establish” and inserting “scale established”;
by striking “purchasing, toxics management,”; and
by inserting “resilience, green workforce,” after “transportation,”; and
in subparagraph (G), by inserting “economics, law, political science,” after “business,”; and
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “of” and inserting “relating to”; and
in subparagraph (C), by inserting “city and State governments,” after “business,”;
in subsection (e), by striking “$250,000 or more than $2,000,000” and inserting “$200,000 or more than $500,000”; and
in subsection (f), by striking “2009” and inserting “2020”.