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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6359 
To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on 
the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mrs. HINSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To require institutions of higher education to disseminate 
information on the rights of, and accommodations and 
resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Pregnant Students’ 
Rights Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTICE OF PREGNANT STUDENT RIGHTS, ACCOM-
MODATIONS, AND RESOURCES. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) PREGNANT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-
TIONS, AND RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher 
education participating in any program under this 
title shall carry out the information dissemination 
activities described in paragraph (3) for prospective 
and enrolled students (including those attending or 
planning to attend less than full time) regarding the 
information described in paragraph (2) on the rights 
to, and resources (including protections and accom-
modations) for, pregnant students to carry a baby to 
term and students who may become pregnant while 
enrolled at such institution of higher education to 
carry a baby to term. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
CONTENT.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is the following: 
‘‘(A) A list of resources on campus and in 
the community that exist to help a pregnant 
student in carrying the baby to term and caring 
for the baby after birth. 
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‘‘(B) Information about the accommoda-
tions available to help a pregnant student carry 
the baby to term and parent the baby after 
birth. 
‘‘(C) Information on how to file a com-
plaint with— 
‘‘(i) the Department of Education, if 
a student believes there was a violation by 
the institution of title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.) on account of such student’s deter-
mination to carry a baby to term; and 
‘‘(ii) the institution, if a student be-
lieves the student has been discriminated 
against in violation of such title IX on ac-
count of the student’s determination to 
carry a baby to term. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The information dissemination activities de-
scribed in this paragraph shall include— 
‘‘(A) an email to each enrolled student at 
least once each academic year; and 
‘‘(B) the provision of information— 
‘‘(i) in student handbooks, if any; 
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‘‘(ii) at each orientation for enrolled 
students; 
‘‘(iii) at student health or counseling 
centers, if any; and 
‘‘(iv) on the publicly available website 
of the institution of higher education. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to authorize the 
Secretary to require the dissemination of additional 
information, or establish additional rights, beyond 
the information and rights included in this sub-
section.’’. 
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