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HR 6498 119th Congress House Education Academic performance and assessments Data collection, sharing, protection Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Student aid and college costs Wages and earnings

Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025

Introduced: December 9, 2025 Introduced by: Guthrie, Brett Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 21, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
Jan 21, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-461.
Dec 11, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 6.
Dec 11, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 9, 2025
Introduced in House
Dec 9, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025

This bill requires certain actions to provide consumers (e.g., enrolled and prospective students) with additional financial information on institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs.

Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must update its College Scorecard website with additional information, including detailed data (e.g., costs, financial aid, student debt and repayment, and earnings) for each program of study at each IHE. (The College Scorecard is a comparison tool for information on school sizes, settings, graduation rates, average costs, and salary ranges per field of study.)

Additionally, ED must establish a Universal Net Price Calculator on a dedicated ED website and annually update the data. Among other elements, this calculator must (1) allow an individual to select and compare multiple IHEs and programs of study, (2) provide the individual with net price estimates for each selected IHE and each selected program of study, and (3) provide access to information in an electronic and downloadable format.

Each IHE must make publicly available on its website either the net price calculator developed by ED or the IHE's own calculator (if it includes, at a minimum, the same data elements of ED's calculator).

What's happening now January 21, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 13

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Dec 16, 2025
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Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Dec 10, 2025
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Onder, Robert F.
Missouri · Dec 9, 2025
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Dec 9, 2025
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