HR7205-119

In Committee

Application FEES Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Application FEES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD2FC2E3F082A4BD09AF55CC85F119A51: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Application Fees as Eligible Expenses Act or the Application FEES Act.
  • Section H91B988307FA44F3E847EA6B5A1160D63: 2. Payment from 529 plan of fees for admissions applications to higher education institutions Section 529(e)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Application FEES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, Application FEES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 22, 2026

Ms. Bynum introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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