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S 1262 115th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs

Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3217-3218; text of measure as introduced: CR S3217)
May 25, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017

This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to make privately issued student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy. Under current law, student loans (whether issued privately or by a governmental unit) are dischargeable only if excepting the loans from dischargeability would impose undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3217-3218; text of measure as introduced: CR S3217)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 25, 2017
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 25, 2017
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 25, 2017
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 25, 2017
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 25, 2017
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 25, 2017
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 25, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 25, 2017
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 25, 2017
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1262: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1262/
MLA
"S. 1262: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1262/.
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S. 1262, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1262/.
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