HR 449 · 114th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-01-21· Sponsored by Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.(2015-02-05)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (17)

15 Democrats2 Republicans
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]CT
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]FL
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]NY
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]OR
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]CA
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]CA
Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]FL
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]CA
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]NJ
Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]WI
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]CA
Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]NY
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]TX
Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]FL
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]CA
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]CO
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]OH