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HR 532 113th Congress House

Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.

Introduced: February 6, 2013 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 28, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 6, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the federal bankruptcy code to limit the non-dischargeability, except in cases of undue hardship, of educational loans to those made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit, or made under any program funded by a governmental unit or any program for which substantially all of the funds are provided by a nonprofit institution (thus allowing the discharge of private educational loan indebtedness without the need to show an undue hardship).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 18
CAPPS, LOIS
· Nov 14, 2014
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 31, 2014
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 29, 2014
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Dec 12, 2013
Edwards, Donna
· Jun 20, 2013
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jun 20, 2013
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jun 20, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 9, 2013
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 18, 2013
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 20, 2013
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 20, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2013
WATT, MELVIN
· Mar 12, 2013
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 28, 2013
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 28, 2013
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 6, 2013
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2013
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 6, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Feb 6, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 6, 2013
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 6, 2013
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 6, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 532: Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-532/
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"H.R. 532: Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-532/.
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H.R. 532, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-532/.
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