House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
GRAD Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures D-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5850.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4559):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5850, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5850
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Summer Lee (D-PA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.