HR 4502
116th Congress
House
Education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
GRADUATE Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 26, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Giving Relief And Dollars to Undergraduates for Adequate Time for Education Act or the GRADUATE Act
This bill eliminates the time limit on taking out federally subsidized student loans, allowing borrowers who have not reached the limit of what they may borrow to continue to obtain funding.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
3
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4502: GRADUATE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4502/
"H.R. 4502: GRADUATE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4502/.
H.R. 4502, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4502/.
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