H.R. 6472

Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

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.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title Added Feb 11

Where this section came from

Not in the first version (Introduced in House, Dec 4, 2025).

  1. Feb 11, 2026 · Reported in House Marked up by House Committee on Education and Workforce, Dec 11, 2025 Reported by House Committee on Education and Workforce, Feb 11 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
What is a markup?

A markup is a committee meeting where members go through a bill and vote on changes before sending it to the full chamber.

This Act may be cited as the Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act.