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HR5850119th CongressWALLET

GRAD Act

Sponsored By: Representative Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]

Introduced

Summary

Protects students' enrollment status during federal student aid disruptions. It would require institutions that participate in Title IV programs to refrain from terminating or changing a student's enrollment status when a lapse in appropriations interrupts federal student financial aid.

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  • Students and families: Students would keep their enrollment status during interruptions to Title IV aid, lowering the risk of being dropped from classes or losing campus services while payments are delayed.
  • Colleges and universities: Institutions participating in Title IV programs would be prohibited from altering or terminating a student's enrollment because of an interruption in federal aid for the duration of that disruption.
  • Administrative: The bill also establishes the short title "Guaranteeing Retention and Aid During Shutdowns Act" or the "GRAD Act."

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Keep college students enrolled during aid lapses

If enacted, colleges that take federal student aid would not be allowed to drop you or change your enrollment because your Title IV aid is interrupted by a government funding lapse. This would apply only to changes tied to the aid disruption. It would take effect upon enactment. It would not add new funding or change other aid rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]

AL • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]

    VI • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 5/29/2026

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