Bill119th Congress

H.R. 6686

No Cost Educational Resources Act of 2025

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Introduced
Dec 12, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Policy Area
Education
Latest Action
Dec 12, 2025

Sponsor

Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]

Democrat·IL-11
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First Name: Bill
Last Name: Foster
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Bill Details

Update Date
Apr 6, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Bill Type
HR
Bill Number
6,686
Congress
119
Introduced Date
Dec 12, 2025
Policy Area
Education
Is Law
No
Dec 12, 2025IntroReferralH11100

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Source: House floor actions

Dec 12, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H

Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Dec 12, 2025IntroReferral1000

Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in House· Dec 12, 20250

No Cost Educational Resources Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Services to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for facilitating the adoption, adaption, and creation of open educational reading materials and establishing more open educational reading material courses.

Open educational reading material refers to a free digital text that is publicly available to be downloaded and redistributed.

Open educational reading material course refers to a science, technology, engineering, or math course offered by an IHE that uses only open educational reading materials as the form of the required readings for the course.

Education and Workforce Committee

House· Standing

Introduced in House

Dec 12, 2025