H.R. 449 · 114th Congress
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
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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.)
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 21, 2015
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.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Latest action (Feb 5, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 21, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.