Professional Degree Access Restoration Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6677 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6677

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reverse the reductions in 
   Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students 
                    enacted under Public Law 119-21.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2025

    Mr. Torres 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 reverse the reductions in 
   Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students 
                    enacted under Public Law 119-21.

    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 ``Professional Degree Access 
Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL AND AGGREGATE LOAN LIMITS FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL 
              STUDENTS.

    Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``and 
                federal direct plus loans'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking the heading for 
                        subparagraph (A), and inserting the following: 
                        ``In general'';
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        inserting before the dash at the end the 
                        following: ``, for any period of instruction 
                        beginning on or after July 1, 2012'';
                            (iii) in clause (i), by striking ``for any 
                        period of instruction beginning on or after 
                        July 1, 2012,''; and
                            (iv) in clause (ii), by striking ``for any 
                        period of instruction beginning on July 1, 
                        2012, and ending on June 30, 2026,''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignating paragraphs 
        (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; 
        and
            (3) in paragraph (7)(A), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``(3)(C)'' and ``(4),''.
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