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115th Congress(2017-2018)
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017
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Introduced in Senate on May 25, 2017
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S. 1262 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1262


To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 25, 2017

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Franken, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.

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 “Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Exceptions to discharge.

Section 523(a)(8) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking “dependents, for” and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “dependents, for an educational benefit overpayment or loan made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit or made under any program funded in whole or in part by a governmental unit or an obligation to repay funds received from a governmental unit as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend;”.