HR 449
114th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Introduced: January 21, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jan 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 21, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow the discharge in bankruptcy of an educational loan or an obligation to repay funds received as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend. (Currently, those debts are dischargeable only if excepting them from discharge would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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