She will amend the Higher Education Act to establish freedom of association protections for students in single-sex social organizations, including allowing students to form, join, participate in, or lead such groups and barring federally funded colleges from retaliating against them based on single-sex membership practices.
Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.
Occurrences
Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Garcia of California) introduced the following bill... Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026... To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes.
Houchin sponsored H.R. 2555, which would amend the Higher Education Act to protect students' participation in single-sex social organizations and restrict adverse actions by institutions of higher education.
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo shows Houchin-sponsored H.R. 2555 has advanced as a reported House bill, but this is committee/floor-calendar movement rather than enactment; no lookback-window delivery was found.
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be able to form, apply to join, join, participate in, or lead a single-sex social organization
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The reported bill text matches the substance of the promise by adding Higher Education Act protections for single-sex social organizations, including association rights and nonretaliation provisions, but it remains unresolved absent enactment.
be able to form, apply to join, join, participate in, or lead a single-sex social organization of the student's sex
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official reported House bill text matches the promised Higher Education Act freedom-of-association protections, but it remains a reported House bill on Union Calendar No. 682 rather than enacted law.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 The House is not in Session THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026 The House is in Pro Forma at 2:30 PM
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, the House schedule showed no normal floor session on September 22 and only a pro forma session on September 24, with no concrete sign of passage or enactment for H.R. 2555.
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H.R. 2555.-- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes. Referred to Education and Workforce Apr. 1, 2025. Reported amended Aug. 27, 2026; Rept. 119-781. Union Calendar................................................Union 682
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, the official House calendar still listed H.R. 2555 on the Union Calendar after being reported amended, with no House passage, Senate action, presentment, or public law status shown.
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H.R. 2555 would amend the Higher Education Act to prohibit colleges and universities that receive funds under the act from penalizing single-sex social organizations, such as fraternities and sororities, or students who join such organizations, based solely on the organizations’ membership policies.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CBO’s new official cost estimate confirms the bill matches the promised Higher Education Act protections, but describes what H.R. 2555 would do if enacted, so the commitment remains unresolved rather than delivered.
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H.R. 2555.-- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes. Referred to Education and Workforce Apr. 1, 2025. Reported amended Aug. 27, 2026; Rept. 119-781. Union Calendar................................................Union 682
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official October 13 House Calendar still lists H.R. 2555 only as referred, reported amended, and on the Union Calendar, with no House passage, Senate action, presentment, or public law entry, so the promise remains unresolved while showing legislative effort.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 The House is not in Session TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2026 The House is in Pro Forma at 1:30 PM
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): During the October 11-13 lookback window, the official House Republican Cloakroom schedule showed no regular House session on October 12 and only a pro forma session on October 13, with no concrete sign of floor passage or enactment for H.R. 2555 in that window.