I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3543 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2025 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. BALINT, Mr. CASAR, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, 
Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. 
FOUSHEE, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RA-
MIREZ, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. VARGAS, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the 
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
College for the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
College for All. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College for All Act 
of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP TO FULLY ELIMINATE 
TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES 
Sec. 101. Federal-state partnership to fully eliminate tuition and required fees. 
TITLE II—GRANT PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE TUITION AND FEES 
FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AT PRIVATE NONPROFIT HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
Sec. 201. Grant program to eliminate tuition and fees for eligible students at 
private nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities 
and minority-serving institutions. 
Sec. 202. Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and Freely Associated States college access. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL PELL GRANT IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 301. Federal Pell Grant improvements. 
TITLE IV—INCLUSIVE STUDENT SUCCESS GRANTS 
Sec. 401. Inclusive student success grants. 
TITLE V—INCREASING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS 
Sec. 501. Increasing success for low-income and first generation students. 
TITLE VI—INVESTMENTS IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES, TRIBAL COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES, AND 
OTHER MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
Sec. 601. Appropriations for historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal 
colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions. 
TITLE VII—SNYDER ACT 
Sec. 701. Rule of construction regarding the Snyder Act. 
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TITLE I—FEDERAL-STATE PART-
NERSHIP TO FULLY ELIMI-
NATE 
TUITION 
AND 
RE-
QUIRED FEES 
SEC. 101. FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP TO FULLY ELIMI-
NATE TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES. 
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1133 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘PART F—COLLEGE FOR ALL 
‘‘Subpart 1—Grants for Tuition-Free Public College 
‘‘SEC. 783. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to establish a Fed-
eral-State partnership with States and Tribal Colleges and 
Universities to provide for the elimination of tuition and 
required fees for eligible students. 
‘‘SEC. 784. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) AWARD YEAR.—The term ‘award year’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 481(a). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community 
college’ means— 
‘‘(i) a public institution of higher edu-
cation at which— 
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‘‘(I) the highest degree awarded 
is an associate degree; or 
‘‘(II) an associate degree is the 
most frequently awarded degree; 
‘‘(ii) a public postsecondary vocational 
institution, 
as 
defined 
under 
section 
102(c); or 
‘‘(iii) at the designation of the Sec-
retary, in the case of a State in which 
there is no community college operated or 
controlled by the State that meets a defini-
tion under clause (i) or (ii), a college or 
similarly defined and structured academic 
entity— 
‘‘(I) that was in existence on 
July 1, 2025; 
‘‘(II) within a public 4-year insti-
tution of higher education; and 
‘‘(III) at which— 
‘‘(aa) the highest degree 
awarded is an associate degree; 
or 
‘‘(bb) an associate degree is 
the most frequently awarded de-
gree. 
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‘‘(B) COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
OPERATED 
OR CONTROLLED BY A STATE TO INCLUDE COM-
MUNITY COLLEGES OPERATED OR CONTROLLED 
BY
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
WITHIN
THE 
STATE.—The terms ‘community college oper-
ated or controlled by a State’ and ‘community 
college operated or controlled by the State’ in-
cludes a community college operated or con-
trolled by a local government within such State. 
‘‘(3) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘cost of 
attendance’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 472. 
‘‘(4) DUAL
OR
CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘dual or concurrent enrollment 
program’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(5) EARLY
COLLEGE
HIGH
SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘early college high school’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible stu-
dent’ means an individual, regardless of age or 
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immigration status, who has not obtained a 
baccalaureate degree or higher degree and— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a student enrolled 
in a community college or a 2-year Tribal 
College or University— 
‘‘(I) is enrolled, or plans to en-
roll, as an undergraduate student in 
an eligible program (as defined in sec-
tion 481(b)) at a community college in 
the State in which the individual is a 
resident or in a 2-year Tribal College 
or University; 
‘‘(II) and who is enrolled in a 
community college that charges dif-
ferent tuition rates on the basis on 
residency, either— 
‘‘(aa) qualifies for in-State 
resident tuition at such commu-
nity college; or 
‘‘(bb) would qualify for such 
in-State resident tuition at such 
community college, but for the 
student’s immigration status; 
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‘‘(III) is not enrolled in a dual or 
concurrent enrollment program or an 
early college high school; and 
‘‘(IV) who is eligible to complete 
the Free Application for Federal Stu-
dent Aid under section 483(a), has 
filed such application for the applica-
ble award year for which the student 
is enrolled; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a student enrolled 
in an eligible 4-year institution of higher 
education— 
‘‘(I) is enrolled, or plans to en-
roll, as an undergraduate student in 
an eligible program (as defined in sec-
tion 481(b)) at a public 4-year institu-
tion of higher education or in a 4-year 
Tribal College or University; 
‘‘(II) is a working class or middle 
class student, as described in section 
787(a)(3); 
‘‘(III) who is enrolled in a public 
4-year institution of higher education 
that charges different tuition rates 
based on residency, either— 
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‘‘(aa) qualifies for in-State 
resident tuition at such institu-
tion; or 
‘‘(bb) would qualify for such 
in-State resident tuition at such 
institution, but for the student’s 
immigration status; 
‘‘(IV) is not enrolled in a dual or 
concurrent enrollment program or an 
early college high school; and 
‘‘(V) who is eligible to complete 
the Free Application for Federal Stu-
dent Aid under section 483(a), has 
filed such application for the applica-
ble award year for which the student 
is enrolled. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), in-State resident 
tuition includes in-district tuition and out-of- 
district in-State tuition. 
‘‘(7) 4-YEAR
TRIBAL
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVER-
SITY.—The term ‘4-year Tribal College or Univer-
sity’ means a Tribal College or University that is not 
a 2-year Tribal College or University. 
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‘‘(8) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS.—The 
term ‘full-time equivalent students’ means the sum 
of the number of students enrolled full time at an 
institution, plus the full-time equivalent of the num-
ber of students enrolled part time (determined on 
the basis of the quotient of the sum of the credit 
hours of all part-time students divided by 12) at 
such institution. 
‘‘(9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a). 
‘‘(10) NET PRICE.—The term ‘net price’ means 
the difference between cost of attendance and the 
sum of only grants and institutional and State schol-
arships. 
‘‘(11) PUBLIC 4-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—The term ‘public 4-year institution of 
higher education’ means a public institution of high-
er education that is not a community college. 
‘‘(12) REVERSE TRANSFER POLICY.—The term 
‘reverse transfer policy’ means a policy or program 
that allows an institution of higher education to— 
‘‘(A) implement a process of retroactively 
granting a certificate or associate degree to a 
student who had not completed the require-
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ments for such certificate or degree before the 
student transferred; or 
‘‘(B) allow academic credits for coursework 
completed at a 4-year institution of higher edu-
cation to be applied to a previously attended 
community college for the purpose of obtaining 
an associate degree or a certificate. 
‘‘(13) STATE
FISCAL
SUPPORT
FOR
HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(A) INCLUSIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘State 
fiscal support for higher education’, used 
with respect to a State for such State’s fis-
cal year, means an amount that is equal 
to— 
‘‘(I) the amount of applicable 
State funds appropriated by the 
State, including funds from lottery re-
ceipts, in the fiscal year, that are used 
to support institutions of higher edu-
cation and student financial aid for 
higher education in the State; and 
‘‘(II) any funds described in 
clause (ii), if applicable. 
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‘‘(ii) LOCAL FUNDS.—In the case of a 
State that includes, as part of the State 
share under section 786(b)(2)(B) for an 
award year, funds provided to community 
colleges by local governments in such State 
for the purpose of carrying out this sub-
part, local funds provided to community 
colleges operated or controlled by the State 
for operating expenses (excluding capital 
expenses, research and development costs, 
and local funds that are included in the 
State share under section 786(b)(2)(B)) 
shall be included in the calculation of the 
State fiscal support for higher education 
under clause (i). 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—State fiscal support 
for higher education for a State fiscal year does 
not include— 
‘‘(i) funds described in subparagraph 
(A) that are returned to the State; 
‘‘(ii) State-appropriated funds derived 
from Federal sources, including funds pro-
vided under sections 786(a) and 801; 
‘‘(iii) funds that are included in the 
State share under section 786(b), except as 
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provided in subparagraph (A)(ii), including 
funds included in the State share in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2)(A) of such 
section; 
‘‘(iv) amounts that are portions of 
multiyear appropriations to be distributed 
over multiple years that are not to be 
spent for the year for which the calculation 
under this paragraph is being made, sub-
ject to subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(v) tuition, fees, or other educational 
charges paid directly by a student to an in-
stitution of higher education or to the 
State; 
‘‘(vi) funds for— 
‘‘(I) financial aid to students at-
tending, or operating expenses of— 
‘‘(aa) out-of-State institu-
tions of higher education (includ-
ing for the purpose of exclusive 
online enrollment at an out-of- 
State institution); 
‘‘(bb) 
proprietary 
institu-
tions of higher education (as de-
fined in section 102(b)); or 
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