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HR 770 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs

Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

Introduced: January 24, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Jan 24, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

This bill permits a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.

What's happening now March 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2648 Related bill Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019
  • S 1414 Related bill Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019
  • HR 5899 Related bill To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts for student loans dischargeable.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 11 Republican 1
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Sep 23, 2020
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 13, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 5, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jul 10, 2019
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Jun 24, 2019
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jun 18, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· May 30, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Apr 25, 2019
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 28, 2019
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 28, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 24, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 770: Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-770/
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"H.R. 770: Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-770/.
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