HR8618-119

In Committee

College Affordability and Accessibility Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 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, College Affordability and Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Finance, Immigration.

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 H68E6F1887BF847CEA39A572545645E15: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the College Affordability and Accessibility Act.
  • Section H89B32845614347D0932B520B6FC24E3F: 2. Increase in the maximum amount of a federal pell grant Section 401(b)(5)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(5)(A)), is amended to...
  • Section H5BD072D6CAE84842852EAC2A77130F6C: 3. Extension in the period of eligibility for grants Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended— in subsection (b)(8)(A), by...

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, College Affordability and Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, College Affordability and Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Finance Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
schools, students, and education providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Menefee 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 Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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