H.R. 6472Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

What the bill would do

This bill requires public institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs to charge no more than in-state tuition and fee rates to students who are residents of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, provided they are also U.S. nationals.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service. Last updated Feb 26, 2026.

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