House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10661.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6019):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10661, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10661
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 5614 (119th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026Related bill
- H.R. 6499 (118th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 3379 (118th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 4950 (117th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 2634 (117th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.