119-hr5850

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5850 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5850

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
 higher education, as a condition of participating in programs under 
 title IV of such Act, to not terminate or otherwise alter the 
 enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of the student's 
 Federal student financial aid under such title caused by a lapse in 
 appropriations.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 28, 2025

 Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Fields, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. 
McIver, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Craig, 
 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. 
Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy of New York, and Mr. Goldman 
 of New York) 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 require institutions of 
 higher education, as a condition of participating in programs under 
 title IV of such Act, to not terminate or otherwise alter the 
 enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of the student's 
 Federal student financial aid under such title caused by a lapse in 
 appropriations.

 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 ``Guaranteeing Retention and Aid 
During Shutdowns Act'' or the ``GRAD Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVING STUDENT ENROLLMENT STATUS DURING GOVERNMENT 
 SHUTDOWN.

 

Section 487

    (a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094

    (a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (30) The institution will not terminate or otherwise 
 alter the enrollment status of a student due to a disruption of 
 the student's Federal student financial aid under title IV 
 caused by a lapse in appropriations.''.
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