H.R. 3711 · 119th Congress
POST GRAD Act
Introduced on Jun 4, 2025 by Judy Chu (D-CA-28). 21 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 4, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Introduced
- Jun 4, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 21
- 0 from the other party
- Policy area
- Education
Progress
The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
- Introduced
- 2Reported by committee
- 3Passed one chamber
- 4Passed both chambers
- 5Sent to the President
- 6Became law
Official title
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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.
Sponsor and cosponsors
Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.
Democrats · 21
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.D-VA-8original
- Suzanne BonamiciD-OR-1original
- Julia BrownleyD-CA-26original
- Madeleine DeanD-PA-4original
- Valerie P. FousheeD-NC-4original
- John GaramendiD-CA-8original
- Robert GarciaD-CA-42original
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10original
- Gwen MooreD-WI-4original
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DCoriginal
- Scott H. PetersD-CA-50original
- Linda T. SánchezD-CA-38original
- Eric SwalwellD-CA-14original
- Mark TakanoD-CA-39original
- Dina TitusD-NV-1original
- Jill N. TokudaD-HI-2original
- Juan VargasD-CA-52original
- Dwight EvansD-PA-3signed on Jul 14, 2025
- Mark DeSaulnierD-CA-10signed on Aug 12, 2025
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13signed on Oct 31, 2025
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12signed on Nov 18, 2025
Roll calls
Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.
No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.
History
Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.
- Jun 4, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Committees
Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.
Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction
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Who lobbied on it
Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION6 reports$670K reported (all issues)
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE5 reports$640K reported (all issues)
- RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY5 reports$500K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY$15.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING4 reports$310K reported (all issues)
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION4 reports$3.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners4 reports$96K reported (all issues)
- National League for Nursing4 reports$114.6K reported (all issues)
- AccessLex Institute (fka Access Group, Inc.)1 report
- American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn1 report$400K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
- Council on Social Work Education1 report$40K reported (all issues)
- Polsinelli PC1 report$13K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: POLSINELLI PC$296.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 91%
Reports filed in 2025, 2026.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.