To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JHD HuffmanSponsor

63 cosponsors · 63 D

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54 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require states to charge in-state tuition rates to refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders if they are lawfully in the United States. This requirement only applies to the first state where the individual lives after being admitted into the United States.