POST GRAD Act
Latest action · Oct 26, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 Direct Subsidized Loans. These students have been ineligible to receive Direct Subsidized Loans since July 1, 2012.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2023 to Dec 3, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 9, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 3, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 177, October 26, 2023, page H5175.
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.
- Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
