H.R. 7892 · 119th Congress · Education
No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jun 10, 2026
Roll call ↗249
172
Passed the House.
Passed the House on June 10, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- IntroducedMar 12, 2026
- CommitteeMay 26, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 10, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 4
- 3 Republicans, 1 Independent
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHouse Committee on Education and Workforce
- Lobbying
- At least 14
- organizations named it2026 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Congress requires the Secretary of Education to screen every FAFSA filed on or after October 1, 2026 for identity fraud and blocks colleges from paying federal aid to a flagged applicant until the applicant's identity is verified.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, June 10, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
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 14 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 25 quarterly reports filed by 3 lobbying firms and by 11 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
1 of those filings did not cite this bill by number. They named a short title it shares with its Senate companion, S 4428, so the reference belongs to the pair rather than to one chamber’s vehicle.
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.
5 of them, in no ranking: University of New Hampshire; Bm Technologies, Inc.; American Council on Education; University of Phoenix Inc; American Association of Community Colleges. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 9 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
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.