US HB449 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.)
Title
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Sponsors
| Rep. John Delaney [D-MD] | Rep. John Larson [D-CT] | Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL] | Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY] |
| Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA] | Rep. David Jolly [R-FL] |
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] | Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ] | Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI] | Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA] |
| Rep. John Katko [R-NY] | Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX] | Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL] | Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA] |
| Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] | Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. |
| 2015-01-21 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| 2015-01-21 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB3451 (Related) 2015-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/449/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr449/BILLS-114hr449ih.pdf |
