HR 4631 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

POST GRAD Act

Introduced Jul 22, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Judy Chu D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 22, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 22, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act or the POST GRAD Act

This bill authorizes graduate and professional students to receive subsidized Stafford Loans. These students have been ineligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans since July 1, 2012.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2021 to Jul 26, 2021; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJul 22, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CATed LieuOriginalJul 22, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJul 26, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJul 26, 2021

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 22, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jul 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 129, July 22, 2021, page H3845.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3418POST GRAD ActReintroduction ofJun 21, 2019
HR 6424HIGHER ED ActRelated billNov 1, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
POST GRAD Act
Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House

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