# 119-hr-1886: Affordable College Textbook Act

119-hr-1886, Affordable College Textbook Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1886
- Congress: 119
- Title: Affordable College Textbook Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-04

## Summary

**Expand open textbooks and open educational resources to cut student costs and boost price transparency.** This bill would create a competitive Department of Education grant program and tighten course-material disclosure rules to lower what students pay for textbooks and digital materials. - Students and families: Grants and clearer price listings would aim to reduce textbook costs by promoting free or low-cost open textbooks and by showing retail prices and fees for required materials. - Colleges and faculty: Eligible institutions could win funds for creating or adapting open textbooks, training faculty, and building accessible supplemental materials. New works must be released under a royalty-free public license so others can reuse them. - Campus bookstores and administrators: Institutions receiving federal aid must help bookstores get course schedules and materials data so bookstores can verify availability and source lower-cost formats. - Policymakers and researchers: The Secretary must report to Congress starting two years after enactment and annually. The Government Accountability Office must review textbook costs within three years and then every year.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants to create free college textbooks: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Department would give competitive grants to colleges to create and adapt open textbooks and course materials. Any funded materials would be free to the public, editable, and accessible, with open licenses. If your school won a grant, you could pay less for books, possibly…
- More textbook price info for students: benefit, medium. If enacted, colleges that get federal aid would need to show, on or linked from each course’s online schedule, the ISBN, retail price, any fees, and whether a material is an open resource. For digital materials, they would also link to the publisher’s student data collection and use terms, includin…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1886 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1886)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1886 (as of 2026-09-04).