S. 1262 · 115th Congress
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017
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This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to make privately issued student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy. Under current law, student loans (whether issued privately or by a governmental unit) are dischargeable only if excepting the loans from dischargeability would impose undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 25, 2017
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to make privately issued student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy. Under current law, student loans (whether issued privately or by a governmental unit) are dischargeable only if excepting the loans from dischargeability would impose 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: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017
Latest action (May 25, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3217-3218; text of measure as introduced: CR S3217)
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 25, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.