House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair College Admissions for Students Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or donors.
Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2809.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1600):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2809, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Summer Lee (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.
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- H.R. 2635 (119th) Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
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- H.R. 1479 (119th) Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4233 (119th) ARMOR Act
- H.R. 2201 (119th) Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act
Related bills
- S. 880 (119th) Fair College Admissions for Students ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.