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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 691

Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2025, be observed as the 135th anniversary of the 1890 Institutions.

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Introduced 2025-09-10Topic: higher education · agriculture food · civil rights

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This resolution (1) recognizes the 135 years of significant and meaningful contributions the 1890 Institutions (i.e., historically Black universities established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890) have made to the United States, (2) supports the efforts of the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies to build stronger partnerships with such institutions, and (3) commits to working in a bipartisan way to address the past funding and program inequities of such institutions.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.refer
2025-09-10Submitted in Houserefer
2025-09-10Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.