HR7341-119

In Committee

GRAD Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 4, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, GRAD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H76A8D3CA55A74DB9AEDA0A5BA72B2810: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Growing Reputable Academic Departments Act or the GRAD Act.
  • Section HCECA5E1156C44E5F829F2D73E422972E: 2. Graduate education programs Section 723 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136a) is amended— in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, GRAD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, GRAD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 4, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Feb 4, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 4, 2026

Ms. McClellan (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Clarke of New …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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