H.R. 5505 · 119th Congress

Equal Campus Access Act of 2026

Introduced on Sep 18, 2025 by Tim Walberg (R-MI-5). 14 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Sep 18, 2025
Cosponsors
14
0 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.

Subjects

  • Education programs funding
  • Higher education
  • Religion
  • School administration

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 18, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tim WalbergR-MI-5Sponsor

Republicans · 14

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 18, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  4. Jun 25, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jun 25, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
  6. Sep 16, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-833.
  7. Sep 16, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-833.
  8. Sep 16, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Protect the 1st, Inc.2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  2. ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)
  4. American Federation of Teachers1 report
    $410K reported (all issues)
  5. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)
  6. J STREET1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)
  7. National Council of Jewish Women1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.