{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-6498","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":6498,"title":"Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-12-09","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"G000558","fullName":"Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]","party":"R","state":"KY","district":2}],"cosponsorsCount":4,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-01-21","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Academic performance and assessments","Data collection, sharing, protection","Government information and archives","Government lending and loan guarantees","Higher education","Student aid and college costs","Wages and earnings"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-01-21","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-21","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-461.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-21","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-461.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 6.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires certain actions to provide consumers (e.g., enrolled and prospective students) with additional financial information on institutions of higher education (IHEs)&nbsp;that participate in federal student aid programs.</p><p>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.&nbsp;(The College Scorecard is a comparison tool for information on school sizes, settings, graduation rates, average costs, and salary ranges per field of study.)</p><p>Additionally, ED must establish a Universal Net Price Calculator on a dedicated ED website and annually update the data. Among&nbsp;other elements,&nbsp;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.</p><p>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&nbsp;minimum, the same data elements of ED's calculator).</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-17T20:05:40Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":592,"ts":"2026-04-19T12:47:08.984Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Student%20Financial%20Clarity%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}