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H.R. 3711

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3711, the POST GRAD Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 4, 2025 by Rep. Judy Chu (D) with 21 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jun 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 3711 has 21 co-sponsors.

hb3711/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3711 IH: Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-04
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 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. 3711  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 4, 2025   Ms. Chu  (for herself,  Mr. Peters ,  Mr. Goldman of New York ,  Mrs. Foushee ,  Mr. Beyer ,  Ms. Sánchez ,  Ms. Brownley ,  Ms. Titus ,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Moore of Wisconsin ,  Mr. Garcia of California ,  Mr. Garamendi ,  Mr. Takano ,  Ms. Tokuda ,  Mr. Vargas ,  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , and  Mr. Swalwell ) 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 reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act   or the   POST GRAD Act  .
2.
Reinstatement of authority to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students
Section 455(a)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)(3) ) is amended—
(1)
in the paragraph heading, by inserting
Temporary   before
Termination  ; and
(2)
in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting  , and ending on or before June 30, 2025  after  2012 .
3.
Inapplicability of rulemaking requirements
The amendments made by this Act shall not be subject to the requirements of section 482(c) or 492 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1089(c) ; 1098a).

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-06-04
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Judy Chu (D) sponsors H.R. 3711, and 21 members have co-sponsored it, 17 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 3711 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Jun 4, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3711 has taken 2 actions since Jun 4, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 4, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jun 4, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 3711 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 3711.

Titles

H.R. 3711 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • POST GRAD Act — Display Title
  • POST GRAD Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 11 firms and 46 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3711 in 36 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Education, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Medicare/Medicaid, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONOnly national organization representing physician assistant educational programs in the USVirginia26$40K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE—Maryland15—
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY—District of Columbia15—
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGNational health care associationDistrict of Columbia14$114.6K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSNational professional association for pediatric nurse practitionersNew Jersey14$96K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING—District of Columbia14—
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia14—
COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAssociation of individuals and undergrad and graduate professional social work programsVirginia11$40K
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF POLSINELLI PCNational organization representing physician assistant educational programsDistrict of Columbia11$13K
ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE (FKA ACCESS GROUP, INC.)—Pennsylvania11—
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
MASON CONSULTING, LLC28$210.6K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE15—
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION15—
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY15—
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING14—
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION14—
ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE (FKA ACCESS GROUP, INC.)11—
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN11—
LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC11$40K
POLSINELLI PC11$40K
TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC11$13K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 46.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
GLEN MASON128
CATHERINE MAJEWSKI115
DAVID BERGMAN115
IAN GRUBMAN115
JULIE CROCKETT115
LILLIAN ANDEMICAEL115
LUCA CELLUCCI115
SAMANTHA BOOTH115
SHEILA DUFFY115
TREY HINES115
TYLER SMITH115
DAVID LINN114
JAMES SCHULZ114
JENNIFER FISHER114
NATALIE HALES114
NICHOLAS CARGAS114
RACHEL MINAHAN114
ROBERT BURNS114
MATTHEW ROSSETTO113
ROBERTO ZULETA RODRIGUEZ113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$1.7M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2025 second_quarter$400K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$280K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$243.8K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2025 third_quarter$160K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2026 second_quarter$140K2nd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2026 first_quarter$140K1st Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$140K1st Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$140K3rd Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$130K2nd Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$130K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2025 second_quarter$130K2nd Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$130K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2026 first_quarter$110K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2026 second_quarter$80K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2026 first_quarter$80K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3711 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3711’s is Education.

hr3711/policy-areas.txt
EducationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com