U.S. Senate · 118th Congress · S. 3232
MERIT Act
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the standards for accreditation of an institution of higher education to assess the institution's adoption of admissions practices that refrain from preferential treatment in admissions based on an applicant's relationship to alumni of, or donors to, the institution, to authorize a feasibility study on data collection, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Todd YoungR-IN
- Introduced
- November 7, 2023, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Education (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats, 1 Republican. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Tim KaineD-VA
Signed on later
- Tim ScottR-SCMarch 12, 2024
- Raphael G. WarnockD-GAJune 20, 2024