House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit political litmus tests in accreditation of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess Owens R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2516.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2516, Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025” on August 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61625
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2516, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-444 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on January 13, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/444
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2516, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
597091e2768642cfc18915b20cad316ad0e941760d6d6898415c71871e85bc04
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2516, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
597091e2768642cfc18915b20cad316ad0e941760d6d6898415c71871e85bc04
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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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Riley Moore (R-WV), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Robert Onder (R-MO), John Rose (R-TN), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.