Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 13, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2025 to Aug 8, 2025; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-WV | Riley M. Moore | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-MO | Robert F. Onder, Jr. | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | May 14, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Aug 8, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Jan 13, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-444.
- Jan 13, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 1, 2025H.R. 2516, Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on June 25, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 57, March 31, 2025, page H1375.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit political litmus tests in accreditation of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2026Reported in House
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
