Professional Degree Access Restoration Act

119 HR 6677 IH: Professional Degree Access Restoration Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6677 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 . 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Professional Degree Access Restoration Act . 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 (7)(A), as so redesignated, by striking (3)(C) and (4), .