S 4531 — A bill to amend section 498A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to prioritize program reviews of institutions of higher education that disburse Federal financial aid under title IV of such Act without verifying the identity of a student whose FAFSA presents a reasonable suspicion of identity fraud.
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-05-14
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
- Husted, Jon (R, OH-S) — sponsor · 2026-05-14
- Tuberville, Tommy (R, AL-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2026-05-14 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tuberville, Tommy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-14 | Husted, Jon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Husted, Jon (R, senate OH) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Tuberville, Tommy (R, senate AL) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired | 0 | $0 | 130 | $17,848 | $17,848 |
| 2 | ariel corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 3 | sabin metal co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 4 | was portables | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | arch street mgt llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| 6 | rocket llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | dezenhall resources | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | joseph d. carney associates, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,504 | $2,504 |
| 9 | tdy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 10 | raab government strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 11 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 12 | mehlman consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | ryan ellis llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $792 | $792 |
| 15 | spo | 0 | $0 | 1 | $581 | $581 |
| 16 | speer electric, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $520 | $520 |
| 17 | ridgeline advocacy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 18 | jones day | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | akin | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | sodak realty llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | haverly systems | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | abbott | 0 | $0 | 1 | $237 | $237 |
| 23 | flint medical staffing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 | $104 |
| 24 | naab road surgical group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 | $104 |
| 25 | ipg capital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 | $104 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 275 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Husted, Jon (R · senate · OH) · sponsor
- Tuberville, Tommy (R · senate · AL) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Tuberville, Tommy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-14 · sponsored by Husted, Jon (sponsor) · sponsorship