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HR 2542 114th Congress House

Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish requirements for releasing a cosigner from obligations of a private education loan, for the treatment of the loa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish requirements for releasing a cosigner from obligations of a private education loan, for the treatment of the loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2015

Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a private educational lender to include in a private education loan for which the cosigner is jointly liable a process for releasing the cosigner from obligations on the loan.

Requires a lender who receives notification of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner who is jointly liable for the loan to notify the borrower about the borrower's rights under the loan agreement regarding: (1) release of the cosigner, and (2) identification of a new cosigner or refinancing of the loan.

Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit: (1) consumer reporting agencies from containing in any consumer report default on a private education loan that results from accelerated repayment terms of the loan after the death or bankruptcy of a jointly liable cosigner, and (2) the lender or servicer of a private educational loan from furnishing loan information to a consumer reporting agency if the consumer defaulted on the loan due to accelerated repayment terms after the death or bankruptcy of such a cosigner.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2542: Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2542/
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"H.R. 2542: Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2542/.
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H.R. 2542, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2542/.
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