# 114-hr-5622: GPA Act

114-hr-5622, GPA Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (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-5622
- Congress: 114
- Title: GPA Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2016-07-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Grace Period Alleviation Act or the GPA Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a Federal Direct Stafford Loan (whether subsidized or unsubsidized) to elect a one-year grace period before beginning repayment on the loan. The Department of Education, through a loan modification process, must pay to each borrower who received a Federal Direct Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement was made between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, an amount equal to the amount of interest that accrued on the loan prior to the beginning of the repayment period.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
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- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act
- 114-hr-2962: America's College Promise Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-5622 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5622)

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- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3308)
- [114-hr-3185: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3185)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5622 (as of 2025-11-18).