GRAD Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5850 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5850

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
  higher education, as a condition of participating in programs under 
     title IV of such Act, to not terminate or otherwise alter the 
  enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of the student's 
  Federal student financial aid under such title caused by a lapse in 
                            appropriations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2025

  Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Fields, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. 
McIver, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Craig, 
 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. 
Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy of New York, and Mr. Goldman 
 of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
  higher education, as a condition of participating in programs under 
     title IV of such Act, to not terminate or otherwise alter the 
  enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of the student's 
  Federal student financial aid under such title caused by a lapse in 
                            appropriations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing Retention and Aid 
During Shutdowns Act'' or the ``GRAD Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVING STUDENT ENROLLMENT STATUS DURING GOVERNMENT 
              SHUTDOWN.

    Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(30) The institution will not terminate or otherwise 
        alter the enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of 
        the student's Federal student financial aid under title IV 
        caused by a lapse in appropriations.''.
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