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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6472

Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

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Introduced 2025-12-04Topic: higher education

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act 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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Recorded votes

DateChamberQuestionResultYeasNays
2026-03-04House roll 82On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed35172

Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-09SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.refer
2026-03-04HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-03-04HouseOn 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).
2026-03-04Passed/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).floor pass
2026-03-04HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391)
2026-03-03HouseAt 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.
2026-03-03HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472.
2026-03-03HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366)
2026-03-03HouseMr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-02-11HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
2026-02-11HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.report
2026-02-11Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.report
2025-12-11HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1.refer
2025-12-11HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Heldrefer
2025-12-04HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.refer
2025-12-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-12-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.