S2859-119

In Committee

Equal Campus Access Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Sep 18, 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, Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, 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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Campus Access Act of 2025.
  • Section id8380CE7261A04B7892D748704CC77AAA: 2. Campus access for religious groups Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the...
  • Section id8C958EB07022402FBA76D0307F3EF341: 124. Campus access for religious groups None of the funds made available under this Act may be provided to any public institution of higher education that...

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, Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Immigration

Whole bill

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

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Sep 18, 2025

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. …

Sep 18, 2025

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

Sep 18, 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 Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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