Congress wants to give a special gold medal to a group called the United Negro College Fund, which helps Black students go to college, to celebrate 80 years of their hard work. They also plan to make copies of this medal to sell, but there are concerns about how much this will cost and how they will handle the money.

H.R. 9824, the "College Thriving Act," is about giving special money called grants to certain colleges so that they can teach new college students important life skills like handling time and stress. It focuses on helping schools where most students are Black but also raises questions about being fair to all the other schools.

H.R. 8984 is a plan to help businesses owned by people from minority backgrounds by putting their support centers closer to special schools like historically Black colleges. It also promises more money every year to make sure these centers have what they need to help these businesses grow.

The Medical Graduate Investment Act of 2024 wants to help more students go to medical school at special colleges for Black and minority students by giving them extra money to pay for things like teachers and equipment. The schools need to get a little bigger each year, and they will have to tell the government how the money helped them.