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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 118–24: 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 Nation al Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.</dc:title>
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<citableAs>Public Law 118–24</citableAs><citableAs>137 Stat. 128</citableAs>
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<dc:date>2023-12-19</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 118–24—DEC. 19, 2023</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/137/128">137 STAT. 128</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>118–24</docNumber>
<congress value="118">118th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">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 Nation al Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x3091de4f-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2023-12-19">Dec. 19, 2023</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x3091de50-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/118/hr/3315">H.R. 3315</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x3091de51-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d18593e88" identifier="/us/pl/118/24/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x3091de52-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t11/s101">11 USC 101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d18593e103" identifier="/us/pl/118/24/s2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVISTS DEBT RELIEF AMENDMENT.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 4(b) of the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/438">Public Law 110–438</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/5000">122 Stat. 5000</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x30920463-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t11/s707">11 USC 707 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15-year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>19-year</quotedText>”.</content></section>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2023-12-19">December 19, 2023</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/118/hr/3315">H.R. 3315</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">HOUSE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/hrpt/118/283">118–283</ref> (<committee>Comm. on the Judiciary</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 169 (2023):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x30920464-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 11, considered and passed House.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x30920465-e80d-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 14, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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