[116th Congress Public Law 53]
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Public Law 116-53
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the 
 means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of 
reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard 
who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a 
 homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. <<NOTE: Aug. 23, 
                         2019 -  [H.R. 3304]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: National Guard 
and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019. 11 USC 101 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reservists Debt 
Relief Extension Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 11 USC 707 note.>>  NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVISTS 
                    DEBT RELIEF AMENDMENT.

    Section 4(b) of the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110-438; 122 Stat. 5000) is amended by striking ``11-
year'' and inserting ``15-year''.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such 
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

    Approved August 23, 2019.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3304:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-170 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
            July 23, considered and passed House.
            Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate.

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