H.R. 6472 · 119th Congress · Education
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Mar 4, 2026
Roll call ↗351
72
Passed the House.
Passed the House on March 4, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- CommitteeFeb 11, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 4, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 5
- 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHouse Committee on Education and Workforce
- Lobbying
- At least 3
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q1
What it does
This bill bars public colleges from charging certain territorial residents out-of-state tuition.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, March 4, 2026
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · GA-12
This bill bars public colleges from charging certain territorial residents out-of-state tuition. It amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add a new section 135A. Under that section, any public institution that receives assistance under the Act may not charge a covered individual tuition or fees higher than the rate it charges residents of the State where the institution is located. A covered individual is a resident of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands who is also a national of the United States. The bill enforces this by adding the requirement to the program participation agreement that institutions sign to receive federal student aid. The House passed the bill on March 4, 2026.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 3 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 5 quarterly reports filed by 3 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q4 and 2026 Q1. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: American Council on Education; American Federation of Teachers; Pennsylvania State University. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.