3.0.0 729 2023-01-11T13:27:52Z 2023-01-11T13:27:52Z Senate S 2015-03-12 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-12T19:23:42Z Fairness in Student Loan Lending Act 114 1131 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS Saving Our Next Generation Act 114 473 S 2015-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-03-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1497) IntroReferral 2015-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-03-12 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-03-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-03-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-03-12 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-03-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-03-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-03-12 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-03-12 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2015-03-12 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-03-12 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-03-12 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-03-12 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-03-16 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-04-15 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-04-23 False Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2015-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-11T19:00:08Z Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2015

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.

]]> Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2015 Display Title Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2015 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 IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s729is/xml/BILLS-114s729is.xml 2015-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1497) 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.