House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026
Official title: To amend section 498A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to prioritize program reviews of institutions of higher education that disburse Federal financial aid under title IV of such Act without verifying the identity of a student whose FAFSA presents a reasonable suspicion of identity fraud.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2026
- Committee actionMar 17, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7891.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7891, Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026” on May 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on March 17, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62438
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7891, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 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. 119-668 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 26, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/668
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7891, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5abe2b0eb10d120b950133a37ea0bcab701f564914015bf54f50ee5c4fdd7361
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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 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
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- H.R. 649 (119th) Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Related bills
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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.