S2511-119

In Committee

College Transparency Act

119th Congress Introduced Jul 29, 2025

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 Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Government Operations.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the College Transparency Act.
  • Section iddb7dd7c12cad4d4d8d434ce74a1f827f: 2. Postsecondary student data system Section 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a) is amended— by redesignating subsection (l) as...
  • Section idd9dabd8376f84879be50fa90433d71de: 3. Repeal of prohibition on student data system Section 134 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015c) is repealed.
  • Section idd17e0132a0254b22b19f1db8974cf59f: 4. Institutional requirements Paragraph (17) of section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended to read as follows: The...
  • Section idffc8f843870d428bb8a4a31be315375f: 5. Transition provisions The Secretary of Education and the Commissioner for Education Statistics shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the...

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 Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

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

Policy Domains

Education Labor Government Operations

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
Jul 29, 2025

Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Britt, …

Jul 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jul 29, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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 Labor Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

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