HR 6472
119th Congress
Latest action 2026-03-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill number also appears in other loaded Congresses: 118th, 117th, 116th, 115th, 114th, 112th, 111th, 110th (bill numbers are reused each Congress, so these are different bills).
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act bill
- sponsor
- M001219
- introduced
- 2025-12-04
- policy area
- Education (education)
- cosponsors
- 5
- lobbying filings citing it
- 5
- money facing its subject
- the record
- congress.gov
8 CRS legislative subjects, as written
American Samoa, Caribbean area, Guam, Higher education, Northern Mariana Islands, Student aid and college costs, U.S. territories and protectorates, Virgin Islands
Actions: 17 on the record
The record's own timeline, word for word, newest first. An action that names a committee links to it.
| date | type | action, as written | committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2025-12-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2025-12-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. | House Committee on Education and Workforce |
| 2025-12-11 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | House Committee on Education and Workforce |
| 2025-12-11 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1. | House Committee on Education and Workforce |
| 2026-02-11 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495. | House Committee on Education and Workforce |
| 2026-02-11 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495. | House Committee on Education and Workforce |
| 2026-02-11 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421. | |
| 2026-03-03 | Floor | Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | |
| 2026-03-03 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366) | |
| 2026-03-03 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472. | |
| 2026-03-03 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | |
| 2026-03-04 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391) | |
| 2026-03-04 | Floor | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 72 (Roll no. 82). | |
| 2026-03-04 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 72 (Roll no. 82). | |
| 2026-03-04 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2026-03-09 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
Cosponsors: 5
In order of signing; an original cosponsor signed on introduction day. A withdrawal stays on the record, marked, never deleted.
| member | party | state | signed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Republican | AS | 2025-12-04 original | |
| Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Republican | MP | 2025-12-04 original | |
| Pablo José Hernández | Democrat | PR | 2025-12-04 original | |
| Stacey E. Plaskett | Democrat | VI | 2025-12-04 original | |
| Salud O. Carbajal | Democrat | CA | 2026-02-11 |
Lobbying: 5 filings cite this bill
Filings whose specific-issues text cites the bill, as the filers typed it ("H.R. 6472", "H.R.6472"). The LDA does not disclose positions on a bill (support or oppose), so none appear here; a filing is attributed to a Congress by its filing year. Counts, never dollars. ‡ lobbying estimates
| registrant, as filed | filings citing it | years |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION | 3 | 2025 to 2026 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | 1 | 2025 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | 2025 |
| client, as filed | filings citing it | years |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION | 3 | 2025 to 2026 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | 1 | 2025 |
| PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | 2025 |
Money facing this bill
A giver's face is the list of subjects its organization lobbies Congress on, read from its own lobbying reports and spread by how often each subject comes up; a gift from someone who works there is spread the same way.
$929
measureMoney facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3
subjectEducation
members counted6
members with a candidacy in 20266
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This is money tied to the bill's subject, not money given for or against the bill. It shows what an organization lobbies on, not what position it takes, and no gift is tied to a bill.
The members it reached, and who gave it
- Pablo José Hernández cosponsor, Democrat-PR
$388
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Registered$270
GRUPO VL, LLC
organization as filedGRUPO VL, LLC
employer as filedGRUPO VL, LLC
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$106
SMITH GARSON
organization as filedSMITH GARSON
employer as filedSMITH GARSON
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$8
SALT POINT STRATEGIES
organization as filedSALT POINT STRATEGIES
employer as filedSALT POINT STRATEGIES
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered
- Stacey E. Plaskett cosponsor, Democrat-VI
$261
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Registered$68
Chicago State University
organization as filedChicago State University
employer as filedCHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$68
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC
organization as filedCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC
employer as filedCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$68
ANTILLES SCHOOL INC
organization as filedANTILLES SCHOOL INC
employer as filedANTILLES SCHOOL
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered
- Salud O. Carbajal cosponsor, Democrat-CA
$209
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Firm$76
EMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP
organization as filedEMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP
employer as filedEMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$65
TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
organization as filedTOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
employer as filedTOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$62
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
organization as filedNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
employer as filedNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm
- James C. Moylan sponsor, Republican-GU
$72
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Registered$68
University of Guam
organization as filedUniversity of Guam
employer as filedUNIVERSITY OF GUAM
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$4
UNITED AIRLINES INC
organization as filedUNITED AIRLINES INC
employer as filedUNITED AIRLINES
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered
The organizations are each member's three largest on this subject. A group of organizations is shown by name only after a person has reviewed it.
Lobbying clients that named this bill in their filings
| Client | Filings | Its face on Education |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION | 3 | 17%what it isthe share of this client's lobbying activity on the subject face window2025-2026 its face and filingsopen the evidence |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | 1 | 5%what it isthe share of this client's lobbying activity on the subject face window2025-2026 its face and filingsopen the evidence |
| PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | 1 | 5%what it isthe share of this client's lobbying activity on the subject face window2025-2026 its face and filingsopen the evidence |
Money facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3 · ‡ self-reported text ‡ small donors invisible ‡ lobbying estimates
Votes: 1 roll call tied to this bill by the chambers' own documents
Tallies are the chambers' own published numbers. ‡ votes, not motives
| date | chamber | question | result | yeas | nays | record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 351 | 72 | the chamber's document |
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