119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Sep 18, 2025
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
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Latest action (Mar 19, 2026): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Sep 18, 2025)
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations.
Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$37,531
Spent on own lobbying
…Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2025 S. 3589 Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2025 S. 880 Fair College Admissions for Students Act S. 2859 Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 S. 4097 State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act H.R. 7810 Lowering Student Loans Act of 2025 S. 4415 TEACH Improvement Act of…
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
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$77,042
Spent on own lobbying
…Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2025 S. 3589 Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2025 S. 880 Fair College Admissions for Students Act S. 2859 Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 S. 4097 State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act H.R. 7810 Lowering Student Loans Act of 2025 TEACH Improvement Act of 2026 Inf…
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
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM · lobbying firm or registrant: ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.2896/S.1428, Safeguarding Charity Act, clarifying that certain tax exemptions are not treated as federal financial assistance, all provisions. H.R.5505/S.2859, Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, amending the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious gr…
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