United StatesTerritorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
What it does
This bill requires public institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs to charge no more than in-state tuition and fee rates to students who are residents of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, provided they are also U.S. nationals.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 9Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Latest
- Mar 4Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391)
- Vote recorded Legislative vote recorded. Result: Passed.House
- Mar 4Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 72 (Roll no. 82).Passed House
- Mar 4Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 3Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 3Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366)
- Mar 3DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472.
- Mar 3At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Feb 11Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
- Feb 11Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
- 2025
- Dec 11Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 11Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1.
- Dec 4Introduced in House
- Dec 4Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Introduced