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Professional Degree Access Restoration Act, the official text

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119 HR 6677 IH: Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-12-11
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I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6677 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
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 .
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Professional Degree Access Restoration Act .
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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