S 2405
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Bankruptcy
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Disability and paralysis
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Christopher’s Law
Introduced: July 31, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act or Christopher's Law
This bill establishes requirements concerning the private student loans of a deceased or disabled borrower.
Upon the event of the death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity of a student loan borrower, the lender of a private education lender must discharge the liability of the borrower, estate of the borrower, and any cosigner of the loan or parent borrowers.
In addition, the bill establishes disclosure requirements for such lenders with respect to such loans.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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