[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3967

   To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit administrative 
   offset of social security benefit payments with respect to claims 
      arising from Federal student loans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2015

 Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. 
   Norton, Mr. Takano, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Richmond, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Honda, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
    Wilson of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Fattah, and Mrs. 
  Lawrence) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit administrative 
   offset of social security benefit payments with respect to claims 
      arising from Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Social Security Garnishment for 
Student Debt Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET.

    (a) In General.--Section 3716(c)(3) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(E)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), no claim arising from a 
Federal student loan may be collected by administrative offset of any 
payment described in subparagraph (A)(i).
    ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `Federal student 
loan' means any Federal student loan that is made, insured, or 
guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments made after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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