HouseH.R. 9955119th Congress

Pathway to Trades Act

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9955 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9955

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide opportunities for 
 students at institutions of higher education to study trades, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2026

 Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide opportunities for 
 students at institutions of higher education to study trades, 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 ``Pathway to Trades Act''.

SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS FOR FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS.

    Section 463(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087cc(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) provide that the institution of higher education 
        will--
                    ``(A) designate a faculty member as a point of 
                contact for students studying, or interested in 
                studying, trades; and
                    ``(B) develop courses for students relating to 
                trades; and''.
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