Amend HB 160 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in the appropriation to the National Research University Fund (page 4, line 5), strike "$1,000,000,000" and substitute "$500,000,000".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: PUBLIC HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. The amount of $500,000,000 is appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board from money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of supporting public historically black colleges and universities in this state. The Higher Education Coordinating Board shall distribute the money equally among the public historically black colleges and universities in this state to be used for building construction and deferred maintenance, restricted research expenditures, matching funds for land grant programs, student services, scholarships, and other purposes the Higher Education Coordinating Board determines to be appropriate.