H.R. 6862

[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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