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S. 1948

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Summary

S. 1948, the POST GRAD Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jun 4, 2025 by Sen. Alex Padilla (D) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jun 4, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3235-3236).

Record

Text

S. 1948 has 6 co-sponsors.

sb1948/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1948 IS: Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act
 U.S. Senate
 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.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1948
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  June 4, 2025
  Mr. Padilla  (for himself,  Mr. Booker ,  Ms.
  Duckworth ,  Mr. Kim ,  Mr. Van Hollen , and  Mr.
  Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  referred to the  Committee on Health,
  Education, Labor, and Pensions
  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, 2023  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 Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Alex Padilla (D) sponsors S. 1948, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1948 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Referred To · Jun 4, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1948 has taken 2 actions since Jun 4, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 4, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3235-3236)Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Jun 4, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1948 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1948.

Titles

S. 1948 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
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 7 firms and 29 registered lobbyists who named S. 1948 in 28 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 Budget/Appropriations, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONHealth professions education associationDistrict of Columbia15—
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—
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF POLSINELLI PCNational organization representing physician assistant educational programsDistrict of Columbia11$13K
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
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION15—
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY15—
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING14—
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION14—
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN11—
TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC11$13K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 29.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
GLEN MASON128
CATHERINE MAJEWSKI115
IAN GRUBMAN115
SAMANTHA BOOTH115
TYLER SMITH115
DAVID LINN114
JAMES SCHULZ114
JENNIFER FISHER114
NATALIE HALES114
NICHOLAS CARGAS114
RACHEL MINAHAN114
ROBERT BURNS114
MATTHEW ROSSETTO113
CHAD OLSON112
ALEXANDRA GINSBERG111
AMANDA ROSENSKY111
ANDREW STRICKLAND111
BENJAMIN VONACHEN111
DORIS PARFAITE-CLAUDE111
JEFFREY WOOD111

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
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
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$130K2nd 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
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 fourth_quarter$80K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2025 fourth_quarter$80K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2025 second_quarter$70K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGMASON CONSULTING, LLC2026 second_quarter$29.1K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1948 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1948’s is Education.

s1948/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

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