113 HR 4835 IH: Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-06-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4835 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2014 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2014.

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Amendment

Section 523(d) of title 11 of the United States Code is amended by striking of this section and inserting or the debtor requests a determination of the dischargeability of a debt based on undue hardship under subsection (a)(8).

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Effective date; application of amendment

(a)

Effective date

Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b)

Application of amendment

The amendment made by this Act shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.