ORGANIZATION

American Council on Education

trade association

3LDA FILINGS
14LOBBYISTS
0FLY-INS

Federal Lobbying Spend

$147K

Total LDA-disclosed spend (in-house + retained) across all reported periods.

Most recent LDA filing posted April 2026.

Topics in Filings

44

Policy topics named in LD-2 filings. This org's filings are topical rather than positional — these are the issues it's actively lobbying on, even without a stated verb of position.

Beautiful Bill Act×7
Conducting clinical trials via telehealth across state lines×7
Education tax incentives×7
Endowment tax in Title XI×7
Higher Education Accountability Act×7
Taxation of Pell Grants×7
Garret Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Program×2
Accreditation Choice and Innovation Act×1
Affordable Loans for Students Act×1
College Financial Aid Clarity Act×1
Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act×1
Department of Education Protection Act×1
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Energy & Water×1
Equal Campus Access Act×1
FSGG Approps×1
FY26 Consolidated Appropriations×1
FY26 Consolidated CJS×1
FY26 Consolidated Defense×1
FY26 Consolidated FSGG-National Security Appropriations Act×1
FY27 Labor/ HHS/ Education Appropriations×1
FY27 National Defense Authorization Act×1
Home School Graduation Recognition Act×1
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act×1
Interior Appropriations Act×1
LHHSED×1
Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals Act×1
Lowering Student Loans Act×1
MCVA and Extensions Act×1
No Cost Educational Resources Act×1
No Foreign NIL Funds Act×1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act×1
Professional Student Degree Act×1
Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act×1
Protecting Students on Campus Act×1
Student Aid Fraud Oversight×1
Student Financial Clarity Act×1
Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act×1
Succeed, and Empower Act×1
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act×1
THUD×1
Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act×1
Understanding the True Cost of College Act×1
Veteran Education Assistance Adjustment Act×1
Veteran Education Empowerment Act×1

Bills in Play

47

Bills referenced in this org's LD-2 filing text. Frequency = how many activities reference each.

H.R. 9331

7 mentions

H.R. 1048

1 mention

S. 1296

1 mention

H.R. 3994

1 mention

H.R. 3985

1 mention

H.R. 4054

1 mention

H.R. 433

1 mention

H.R. 2003

1 mention

H.R. 6392

1 mention

H.R. 6472

1 mention

H.R. 6498

1 mention

H.R. 6502

1 mention

H.R. 6686

1 mention

H.R. 6574

1 mention

H.R. 6862

1 mention

H.R. 7892

1 mention

H.R. 7893

1 mention

S. 1558

1 mention

S. 3589

1 mention

S. 880

1 mention
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S. 2859

1 mention

S. 4097

1 mention

H.R. 7810

1 mention

H.R. 6739

1 mention

H.R. 6718

1 mention

H.R. 3624

1 mention

S. 1924

1 mention

H.R. 7403

1 mention

H.R. 2543

1 mention

S. 1610

1 mention

H.R. 6358

1 mention

H.R. 1391

1 mention

H.R. 5342

1 mention

S. 2354

1 mention

H.R. 4016

1 mention

S. 2572

1 mention

H.R. 4553

1 mention

H.R. 4754

1 mention

S. 2431

1 mention

H.R. 5304

1 mention

S. 2587

1 mention

H.R. 7006

1 mention

H.R. 5371

1 mention

H.R. 6938

1 mention

H.R. 7148

1 mention

S. 163

1 mention

S. 558

1 mention

Lobbyists on Record

14
HEATHER MEADE · Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
JOHN PORTER · Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
SAMANTHA SCHWARZ · Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)

+ 2 more lobbyists on record