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]

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.)

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Title

Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-05HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2015-01-21HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-01-21HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB3451 (Related) 2015-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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