3.0.0 137 2023-01-11T13:34:38Z 2023-01-11T13:34:38Z House HR 2017-01-03 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CONYERS:H.R. 137.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.[Page H50]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee Referred to 2017-01-12T16:01:17Z Referred to 2017-01-03T17:19:25Z 2018-03-14 15:11:34 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-01-12 hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Committee 2017-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2017-01-03 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2017-01-03 True C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2018-04-02 False Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2017-01-03 Introduced in House 2017-02-01T19:14:55Z Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual whose student loan debt is discharged due to undue hardship to recover court costs and attorney's fees for the discharge proceeding if the court finds that the position of the creditor opposing the discharge was not substantially justified.

]]> Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 Display Title Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr137ih/xml/BILLS-115hr137ih.xml 2018-03-14 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. 15:11:34 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.