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Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
Sponsored By: Representative Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced
Summary
Restores federal loan availability for graduate and professional students by reversing reductions made under Public Law 119-21. The bill would rewrite Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act to reshape how annual and aggregate Direct Loan limits are written and cross‑referenced.
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- Graduate and professional borrowers: Would effect statutory changes that restore loan-limit language for master's, doctoral, and professional students and change the annual and aggregate caps available through the Direct Loan program.
- Statutory clarity and administration: Reorganizes and simplifies the loan-limit rules by removing a specific subparagraph, striking transitional time-bound phrases, and renumbering paragraphs to reduce confusing cross-references.
- Program scope preserved: The bill does not add new funding, tax changes, or new eligibility rules. It focuses on amending the text that governs loan limits for graduate and professional students.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Changes to graduate student loan limits
This bill would change how annual and aggregate Direct Loan limits apply to graduate and professional students. It would insert the phrase ", for any period of instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2012," before clause (i), remove similar date language from clauses (i) and (ii) (including the phrase covering July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2026), and repeal subparagraph (C). It would also strike one paragraph and renumber others to simplify cross-references. If enacted, these edits would take effect upon enactment and would change which enrollment periods and which borrowers the loan-limit rules cover.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 9/24/2026
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/22/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/26/2026
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/26/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/3/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Roll Call Votes
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