H.R. 6498 119th Congress House

Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase transparency in college tuition for consumers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 16, 2025 Introduced by: Brett Guthrie Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov

Education Academic performance and assessmentsData collection, sharing, protectionGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guarantees

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Higher educationStudent aid and college costsWages and earnings

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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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

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Dec 11, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 6.

Dec 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Dec 9, 2025

Introduced in House

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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).

Hearings & markups 1

H.R. 6392, the "Home School Graduation Recognition Act"; H.R. 6472, A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to…
Markup Dec 11, 2025 · 10:15 AM EST · Education and Workforce Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 25

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
for NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SLM CORPORATION
for SLM CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (FKA ASS'N OF PRIVATE SECTOR COLLEGES A
for CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (FKA ASS'N OF PRIVATE SECTOR COLLEGES A · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
for NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
20 filings
SENATE
20 filings
Education, Dept of
8 filings
Energy, Dept of
6 filings
Treasury, Dept of
6 filings
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
5 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
5 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 4

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Dec 16, 2025

Norcross, Donald

New Jersey · Dec 10, 2025

Onder, Robert F.

Missouri · Dec 9, 2025

Trahan, Lori

Massachusetts · Dec 9, 2025

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