Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act passed the House 90 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedDec 4, 2025
ReportedDec 11, 2025
Passed one chamberMar 4, 2026
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 56 words.
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act This bill requires public institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs to charge no more than in-state tuition and fee rates to students who are residents of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, provided they are also U.S. nationals.
Context
- Committees
- House Education and Workforce Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Policy area
- Education: 22 of 3,602 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.6%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 49 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 252 words
- Subjects
- American SamoaCaribbean areaGuamHigher educationNorthern Mariana IslandsStudent aid and college costs +2 more
- Latest action
- Mar 9, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]