Professional Degree Access Restoration Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6677 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6677 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 ``Professional Degree Access Restoration Act''. SEC. 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 (