HR 6677 — Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsors
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, PR-0) — cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D, TX-32) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (7)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS | $30,000 | H.R.6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING | — | H.R.6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Amendment | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) | THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) | — | H.R.6677 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6677 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-12-11 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Salinas, Andrea | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hayes, Jahana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hernández, Pablo Jose | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Johnson, Julie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.6677 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, house PR) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Johnson, Julie (D, house TX-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS | 1 | $30,000 | 0 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 13 | $14,500 | $14,500 |
| 3 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 94 | $7,663 | $7,663 |
| 4 | singleton shreiber llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 6 | casa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 7 | self | 0 | $0 | 5 | $2,550 | $2,550 |
| 8 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 13 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 9 | tabula rasa farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 10 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 12 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 13 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 5 | $1,580 | $1,580 |
| 14 | howard university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | ansi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | jm llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | merchant associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | mcgillivary steele elkin | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | and wealth partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | strata equity global | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | donoho insurance group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | mt washington pediatric hospit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | pinnacle facility engineering | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 5 | $875 | $875 |
| 25 | colrich | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 256 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 7 yes / 0 no / 256 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D · house · PR) · cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D · house · TX-32) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hernández, Pablo Jose (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Johnson, Julie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION (h.r. 6677) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING (h.r.6677) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (h.r. 6677) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION (h.r. 6677) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) (h.r.6677) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (h.r.6677) · lobbying_bill_mention