3.0.0 1748 2022-02-03T06:02:55Z 2022-02-03T06:02:55Z Senate S S 2011-10-20 112 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-20T21:01:46Z Christopher's Law 112 3240 HR 2012-01-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Identical bill CRS 2011-10-20 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N Finance and Financial Sector Consumer credit Disability and paralysis Government information and archives Higher education Student aid and college costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-28T21:14:47Z Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act or Christopher's Law - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require lenders of private educational loans for which cosigners are held jointly liable to describe clearly and conspicuously, in writing, the cosigners' obligations regarding such loans, including the effect a borrower's or cosigner's death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on such obligations.

Directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to publish a model form for describing those obligations.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to provide borrowers of federal educational loans information at their entrance counseling on the effect their death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on their federal and private educational loans.

]]> Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Christopher's Law Display Title Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1748is/xml/BILLS-112s1748is.xml 2011-10-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.