[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 885

       To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the 
 dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2019

 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
   Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
    Swalwell of California, Ms. Titus, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Yarmuth) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the 
 dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.

    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 ``Private Student Loan Bankruptcy 
Fairness Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE.

    Section 523(a)(8) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``(i)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``any program for which 
                        substantially all of the funds are provided by 
                        a'' after ``unit or''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``(ii)'' and inserting 
                        ``(B)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or'' at the end.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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