Bills · 119th Congress · Education

Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced12/4/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/4/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 351–72 on March 4, 2026 (Roll Call 82 →). Received in the Senate on March 9, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 3/4/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic208 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Not voting
  • Republican143 Yea · 71 Nay · 4 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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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Sponsor
Rep. James C. Moylan ( Republican · GU)
Cosponsors
5
Introduced
12/4/25
Policy area
Education

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (15)
  1. 12/4/25Introduced in House
  2. 12/4/25Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  3. 12/11/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 12/11/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1.
  5. 2/11/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
  6. 2/11/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
  7. 3/3/26Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. 3/3/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366)
  9. 3/3/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472.
  10. 3/3/26At 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.
  11. 3/4/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391)
  12. 3/4/26Passed/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).
  13. 3/4/26On 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).
  14. 3/4/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 3/9/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.