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Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations. Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.
Action Timeline
2025-09-18
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-09-18
Introduced in House
2025-09-18
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.5505 pass?
HR.5505 is still alive. Current stage: MARKUP. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does HR.5505 do?
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations. Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.
Who sponsored HR.5505?
HR.5505 was sponsored by Tim Walberg (R-Michigan).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 5505 IH: Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5505 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2025 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Ms. Hageman , Mr. Moran , Mr. Aderholt , and Mr. Onder ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 . 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 following: 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 denies to a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the institution (including full access to the facilities of the institution and official recognition of the organization by the institution) because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct of the religious student organization. .
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