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HR 4544 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Consumer credit Higher education Student aid and college costs

Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act

Introduced: September 27, 2019 Introduced by: Dean, Madeleine Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 27, 2019
Introduced in House
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Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act

This bill invalidates a predispute arbitration agreement if it requires arbitration of a dispute relating to a private education loan.

What's happening now September 27, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4544: Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4544/
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"H.R. 4544: Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4544/.
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H.R. 4544, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4544/.
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[H.R. 4544: Ensuring Fair Legal Recourse for Private Student Loan Borrowers Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4544/)
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