3.0.0 1262 2023-01-11T13:36:23Z 2023-01-11T13:36:23Z Senate S 2017-05-25 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-25T19:19:22Z 2017-05-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3217-3218; text of measure as introduced: CR S3217) IntroReferral 2017-05-25 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 2017-05-25 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-25 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-05-25 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-05-25 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-05-25 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-05-25 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-05-25 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-05-25 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-05-25 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-05-25 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-05-25 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-11-13 False Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Higher education Student aid and college costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-11T18:57:46Z Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017

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 2017 Display Title Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017 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 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1262is/xml/BILLS-115s1262is.xml 2017-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3217-3218; text of measure as introduced: CR S3217) 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.