3.0.0 880 2026-03-30T18:17:59Z 2026-03-30T18:17:59Z Senate S S 2025-03-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/880 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Hearings By (full committee) 2026-03-19T14:00:10Z Referred To 2025-03-06T17:53:00Z Fair College Admissions for Students Act 119 2809 HR 2025-04-10 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2026-03-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Committee 2025-03-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA 2025-03-06 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2025-03-06 True Education Government lending and loan guarantees 2026-03-30T18:17:59Z Higher education 2026-03-30T18:17:44Z School administration 2026-03-30T18:17:50Z Student aid and college costs 2026-03-30T18:17:54Z Education 2025-03-28T12:56:36Z 00 2025-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2025-05-14T19:55:01Z Fair College Admissions for Students Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants based on their relationships to donors or alumni of the IHE.

]]> Fair College Admissions for Students Act Display Title 45 Fair College Admissions for Students Act 2026-03-20T11:03:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Fair College Admissions for Students Act 2025-03-27T03:23:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill 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. 2025-03-27T03:18:47Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s880is/xml/BILLS-119s880is.xml 2026-03-19 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.