I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3710 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 7, 2017 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cohen , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Evans , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Khanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To reauthorize appropriations for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Javits Act of 2017 . 2. Authorization of Appropriations Section 705 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1134d ) is amended by striking 2009 and inserting 2018 . 3. Fellowship awards for music education The Secretary of Education shall ensure that music education is included among the fields of study for which a fellowship may be awarded under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1134 et seq.).