1HOUSE · MAR 4, 2026
Passed the House
351–72PASSED
R 143–71 D 208–1
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 82 · 9 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for in-state tuition rates for certain residents of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Moylan R-GUWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee actionDec 11, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 4, 2026 · 351–72
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6472.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6472, Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act” on February 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on December 11, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62099
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6472, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6472
- 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. 119-495 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 11, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 11, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/495
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6472, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6472
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 6472, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6472
- 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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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 6472. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
- H.R. 877 (119th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 6275 (119th) China AI Power Report Act
- H.R. 2149 (119th) Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- H.R. 10115 (119th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1328 (119th) Honoring the 80th anniversary of United States-Philippine relations.
- H.Res. 541 (119th) Supporting the designation of July 21, 2025, as "Guam Liberation Day".
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.