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H.R. 6677

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 6677, the Professional Degree Access Restoration Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 11, 2025 by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) with 50 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 6677 has 50 co-sponsors.

hb6677/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 6677 IH: Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-11
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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. 6677  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 11, 2025   Mr. Torres of New York  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 reverse the reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students enacted under  Public Law 119–21 .
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Professional Degree Access Restoration Act  .
2.
Annual and aggregate loan limits for graduate and professional students
Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(a) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
in the paragraph heading, by striking
and federal direct plus loans  ;
(B)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by striking the heading for subparagraph (A), and inserting the following:
In general  ;
(ii)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting before the dash at the end the following:  , for any period of instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2012 ;
(iii)
in clause (i), by striking  for any period of instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2012, ; and
(iv)
in clause (ii), by striking  for any period of instruction beginning on July 1, 2012, and ending on June 30, 2026, ; and
(C)
by striking subparagraph (C);
(2)
by striking paragraph (4), and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; and
(3)
in paragraph (7)(A), as so redesignated, by striking  (3)(C)  and  (4), .

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-12-11
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reverse the reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students enacted under Public Law 119-21.

Sponsors

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) sponsors H.R. 6677, and 50 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

H.R. 6677 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Dec 11, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6677 has taken 2 actions since Dec 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 11, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Dec 11, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 6677 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6677 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Professional Degree Access Restoration Act — Display Title
  • Professional Degree Access Restoration Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reverse the reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students enacted under Public Law 119-21. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

18 clients hired 18 firms and 64 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6677 in 37 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, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERSPromote, develop and protect the social work profession & to advance sound social policiesDistrict of Columbia24$80K
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGNational health care associationDistrict of Columbia13$86.4K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSNational professional association for pediatric nurse practitionersNew Jersey13$72K
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATIONhealthcare associationVirginia13—
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)—Maryland13—
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING—District of Columbia12—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES—District of Columbia12—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS—District of Columbia12—
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS—District of Columbia12—
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION—Maryland12—
FORDHAM UNIVERSITYInstitution of Higher EducationNew York12—
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONHealth professions education associationDistrict of Columbia12—
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (UMB)—Maryland12—
THE COUNCIL FOR AUTISM SERVICE PROVIDERS (CASP)Autism servicesSouth Carolina11$30K
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH (OLD: ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL—District of Columbia11—
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL NURSESClient is a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization.District of Columbia11—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
MASON CONSULTING, LLC26$158.4K
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION13—
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)13—
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING12—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES12—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS12—
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS12—
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION12—
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY12—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS12—
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION12—
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (UMB)12—
WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC12$80K
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH (OLD: ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL11—
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL NURSES11—
GEPHARDT GROUP GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS11$30K
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION11—
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 64.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
GLEN MASON126
AARON BISHOP113
ABRAHAM SAFFER113
ANDREW AMARI113
ANDREW BOPP113
BRIAN ALLEN113
HEATHER PARSONS113
JUSTIN ELLIOTT113
JUSTIN MOORE113
MICHAEL MATLACK113
RACHEL MILLER113
RYAN YEAGER113
STEVE KLINE113
ABIGAIL PAULSON112
ALAN WHEAT112
CAROLINE BERGNER112
CATHERINE FINNERTY112
CATHERINE MAJEWSKI112
CHRISTOPHER BROWN112
DESIREE HOFFMAN112

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$670K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEESAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES2026 second_quarter$630K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEESAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES2026 first_quarter$600K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 first_quarter$490K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 second_quarter$410K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$360K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$312.7K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$312.7K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$301.4K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$280K2nd Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2026 second_quarter$189K2nd Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2026 first_quarter$189K1st Quarter - Report
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)2025 fourth_quarter$189K4th Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$140K1st Quarter - Report
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$130K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTSAMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS2026 first_quarter$105.8K1st 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
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2025 fourth_quarter$80K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERSWHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC2026 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6677 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6677’s is Education.

hr6677/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

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6677, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 209 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TORRES of New York:H.R. 6677.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H5811]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com