# H.R. 6472 (119th): Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: education_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: higher_education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: territorial_nationals. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: territorial_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: tuition_parity. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 82: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill pursues a reasonable access and fairness goal for U.S. nationals in the territories through tuition parity. It is an ordinary policy measure with prudential costs and tradeoffs for public institutions and federal funding, and it does not directly restrain or advance a named moral harm.
Theological note: The measure concerns equitable access to higher education for U.S. nationals in the territories, which touches on general equity between citizens in different jurisdictions and the stewardship of public institutions. It does not directly address a named moral evil, so its relevance is prudential rather than a clear matter of justice or injury.

## Recorded votes

Roll 82: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 351 · Nay 72 · Other 9.

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