[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2258 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2258

To provide for the discharge of parent borrower liability if a student 
  on whose behalf a parent has received certain student loans becomes 
                               disabled.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 20, 2017

   Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. King) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the discharge of parent borrower liability if a student 
  on whose behalf a parent has received certain student loans becomes 
                               disabled.

    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 ``Domenic's Law''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT OF LOANS TO PARENTS.

    Section 437(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087(d)) is amended by inserting ``or becomes permanently and totally 
disabled (as determined in accordance with regulations of the 
Secretary), or if the student is unable to engage in any substantial 
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or 
mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, has lasted 
for a continuous period of not less than 60 months, or can be expected 
to last for a continuous period of not less than 60 months,'' after 
``dies,''.
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