Pathway to Trades Act

[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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