[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3801. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Undue Hardship.--No funds made available in 
     this or any other Act may be used to contest a claim, or to 
     pay any contractor of the Federal Government that contests a 
     claim, that is made--
       (1) in any proceeding under section 523(a)(8) of title 11, 
     United States Code, that excepting a debt from discharge 
     would constitute an undue hardship; and
       (2) by a debtor who--
       (A) has been determined by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected 
     disability; or
       (B) is a family caregiver of an eligible veteran pursuant 
     to section 1720G of title 38, United States Code.
       (b) Offset.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, the total amount appropriated under the heading 
     ``program administration'' under the heading ``Departmental 
     Management'' for the Department of Education is hereby 
     reduced by $1,000,000.
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