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Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delay, until July 1, 2030, the termination of authority to award certain Federal Direct PLUS loans and the implementation of limits on certain loans for graduate and professional students enrolled at institutions with certain public health designations, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the Higher Education Act to delay certain changes to federal student loans for graduate and professional students at health care institutions. It extends the deadline for terminating Federal Direct PLUS loans and implementing loan limits for these students from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2030. The institutions that qualify are health professions schools, health professions programs, or nursing programs located within 100 miles of a health professional shortage area or serving a medically underserved community. The delay applies to both the authority to award these loans and the implementation of loan amount limits for eligible students at designated institutions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Josh Harder’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- GOOGLE $34,620
- BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS $28,100
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY $25,550
- BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP $19,800
- COOLEY LLP $16,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Harder → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Dec 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 18, 2025
Mr. Harder of California 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 delay, until July 1, 2030, the termination of authority to award certain Federal Direct PLUS loans and the implementation of limits on certain loans for graduate and professional students enrolled at institutions with certain public health designations, and for other purposes.
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 “Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act”.
SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS.
Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)(C)—
(A) by striking “Subject to” and inserting “(i) in general.—Subject to”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
“(ii) Delay of termination for graduate and professional students at covered institutions.—
“(I) In general.—In the case of a graduate or professional student enrolled in a program of study at a covered institution, clause (i) shall be applied by substituting ‘July 1, 2030’ for ‘July 1, 2026’.
“(II) Covered institution.—For purposes of this clause, the term ‘covered institution’ means an institution— “(aa) that—
“(AA) is a health professions school (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p));
“(BB) offers a health professions program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p)); or
“(CC) offers a nursing program described in section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j); and
“(bb) that is located within 100 miles of an area—
“(AA) that is designated as a health professional shortage area under section 332(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a)(1)); or
“(BB) that serves a medically underserved community (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p)).”; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following:
“(D) Delay of loan limits for graduate and professional students at covered institutions.—In the case of a graduate or professional student enrolled in a program of study at a covered institution (as such term is defined in paragraph (3)(C)(ii)(II))—
“(i) subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting ‘July 1, 2030’ for ‘July 1, 2026’; and
“(ii) subparagraph (B) shall be applied by substituting ‘July 1, 2030’ for ‘July 1, 2026’.”. <all>
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