[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6862 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6862
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delay, until July 1, 2030,
the termination of authority to award certain Federal Direct PLUS loans
and the implementation of limits on certain loans for graduate and
professional students enrolled at institutions with certain public
health designations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 18, 2025
Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delay, until July 1, 2030,
the termination of authority to award certain Federal Direct PLUS loans
and the implementation of limits on certain loans for graduate and
professional students enrolled at institutions with certain public
health designations, and for other purposes.
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 Health Care Workforce
Pipelines Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS.
Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087e(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(C)--
(A) by striking ``Subject to'' and inserting ``(i)
in general.--Subject to''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) Delay of termination for graduate
and professional students at covered
institutions.--
``(I) In general.--In the case of a
graduate or professional student
enrolled in a program of study at a
covered institution, clause (i) shall
be applied by substituting `July 1,
2030' for `July 1, 2026'.
``(II) Covered institution.--For
purposes of this clause, the term
`covered institution' means an
institution--
``(aa) that--
``(AA) is a health
professions school (as
defined in section 799B
of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C.
295p));
``(BB) offers a
health professions
program (as defined in
section 799B of the
Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 295p));
or
``(CC) offers a
nursing program
described in section
811 of the Public
Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 296j); and
``(bb) that is located
within 100 miles of an area--
``(AA) that is
designated as a health
professional shortage
area under section
332(a)(1) of the Public
Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254e(a)(1)); or
``(BB) that serves
a medically underserved
community (as defined
in section 799B of the
Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C.
295p)).''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Delay of loan limits for graduate and
professional students at covered institutions.--In the
case of a graduate or professional student enrolled in
a program of study at a covered institution (as such
term is defined in paragraph (3)(C)(ii)(II))--
``(i) subparagraph (A) shall be applied by
substituting `July 1, 2030' for `July 1, 2026';
and
``(ii) subparagraph (B) shall be applied by
substituting `July 1, 2030' for `July 1,
2026'.''.
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