3.0.0 1102 2022-02-03T05:53:54Z 2022-02-03T05:53:54Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing ssju02 Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee Hearings by 2012-03-20T19:14:27Z Referred to 2011-05-26T19:32:34Z 2012-03-20 ssju02 Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee Senate Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-899. Committee 2011-05-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3436-3437) IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3436) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-26 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-05-26 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-10-12 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2012-06-14 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2012-07-24 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2012-11-15 False Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-11T19:12:35Z Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011

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.

]]> Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 Display Title Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1102is/xml/BILLS-112s1102is.xml 2012-03-20 Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-899. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.