3.0.0 2888 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z House HR 2019-05-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. STEVENS:H.R. 2888.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.[Page H4119]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-22T14:02:10Z Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 116 1153 S 2020-12-22 Became Public Law No: 116-251. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001215 Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] Haley Stevens D MI M. 11 N S001199 Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] Lloyd Smucker R PA 11 2019-05-22 True Education Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Consumer affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-05-22 Introduced in House 2020-10-07T14:01:41Z Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019

This bill establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized access of certain student loan information and expands the requirements for student loan exit counseling.

Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly use an access device (e.g., account number) that was issued to another person or was fraudulently obtained to access Department of Education (ED) information technology systems for commercial advantage or private financial gain. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

Further, the bill expands loan exit counseling requirements to require an institution of higher education that participates in federal student-aid programs to provide an explanation to borrowers cautioning them about third-party student debt relief companies.

It also requires ED to prevent unauthorized access to the central database for student aid (i.e., the National Student Loan Data System) and warn borrowers of suspicious activity regarding their student loan accounts.

]]> Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 Display Title Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices issued by the Department of Education a criminal act. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2888ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2888ih.xml 2019-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.