House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Clarity in Professional Degree Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the definition of professional degree.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Dec 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6739.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 212, December 16, 2025, Page H5942):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6739, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.