# 114-hr-4223: POST GRAD Act

114-hr-4223, POST GRAD Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4223
- Congress: 114
- Title: POST GRAD Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2015-12-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 48
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act or the POST GRAD Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make graduate and professional students eligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program beginning on July 1, 2016. (Graduate and professional students have been ineligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans since July 1, 2012.)

## Cosponsors (48)

- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2015-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2016-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2016-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2016-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4223 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4223)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4223 (as of 2025-11-18).