H.R. 6574 · 119th Congress

Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals Act

Introduced on Dec 10, 2025 by Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26). 77 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Dec 10, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 10, 2025
Cosponsors
77
0 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure that graduate and professional students have the same annual and aggregate limits for Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans.

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.

Timothy M. KennedyD-NY-26Sponsor

Democrats · 77

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Dec 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Dec 10, 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.

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC.5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $926.7K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  4. American Council on Education3 reports
    $148.4K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. American Federation of Teachers3 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  6. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (old: Association of School3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, INC.$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Cornell University3 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CORNELL UNIVERSITY$4.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. Council on Social Work Education3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  9. HARVARD UNIVERSITY--PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE3 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  10. NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES3 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)
  11. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH3 reports
    $459.5K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners3 reports
    $72K reported (all issues)
  13. National League for Nursing3 reports
    $86.4K reported (all issues)
  14. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)3 reports
    $567K reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES2 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  17. Touro University2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TOURO UNIVERSITY$793.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION1 report
    $670K reported (all issues)
  19. NYU Langone Hospitals (Formerly NYU Hospitals Center)1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  20. The Council for Autism Service Providers (CASP)1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  21. University of Denver1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$70.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. Vanderbilt University1 report
    $290K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.