Equal Campus Access Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5505

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

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Campus Access Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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:

``SEC. 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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