[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6077 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6077

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2023

    Ms. Chu (for herself, Mr. Peters, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Dean of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
     Swalwell, Ms. Norton, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Students by 
Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act'' or the ``POST GRAD 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE FEDERAL DIRECT STAFFORD 
              LOANS TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS.

    Section 455(a)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``Temporary'' 
        before ``Termination''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by inserting ``, and ending on or before June 30, 2023'' 
        after ``2012''.

SEC. 3. INAPPLICABILITY OF RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.

    The amendments made by this Act shall not be subject to the 
requirements of section 482(c) or 492 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c); 1098a).
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