119th Congress · introduced in the House · Dec 4, 2025
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
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Latest action (Mar 9, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Reported to House (Feb 11, 2026)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
House · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 82 · Passed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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). Roll call details
Passed/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). Roll call details
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391)
At 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.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366)
Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
American Samoa · Caribbean area · Guam · Higher education · Northern Mariana Islands · Student aid and college costs · U.S. territories and protectorates · Virgin Islands
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3 citations.
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$77,042
Spent on own lobbying
…and Innovation Act H.R. 433 Department of Education Protection Act H.R. 2003 Affordable Loans for Students Act H.R. 6392 Home School Graduation Recognition Act H.R. 6472 Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act H.R. 6498 Student Financial Clarity Act H.R. 6502 College Financial Aid Clarity Act H.R. 6686 No Cost Educat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Jan 28, 2026 · issue area: Education
$33,817
Spent on own lobbying
…and Innovation Act H.R. 433 Department of Education Protection Act H.R. 2003 Affordable Loans for Students Act H.R. 6392 Home School Graduation Recognition Act H.R. 6472 Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act H.R. 6498 Student Financial Clarity Act H.R. 6502 College Financial Aid Clarity Act H.R. 6686 No Cost Educat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$250,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Institute of Education Sciences. In support of H.R. 4312, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act. Expressing concern with H.R. 6472, mandating in-state tuition rates. In support of amending H.R. 6498, the Student Financial Clarity Act and H.R. 6502, the College Financial Aid Clarity Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing