[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2772-S2773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
        Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, 
        Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
        Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Hassan):
  S. 1414. A bill to provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers; 
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1414

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

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     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Student Borrower Bankruptcy 
     Relief Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Exception to Discharge.--Section 523 of title 11, 
     United States Code, is amended in subsection (a), by striking 
     paragraph (8).
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1328(a)(2) of title 11, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``(8),''.

     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 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, United States Code, on or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

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