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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 138 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability |
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| 6 | 6 | | of debts for certain educational payments and loans. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OHEN(for himself, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. |
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| 11 | 11 | | B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ROWNLEY, and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify |
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| 16 | 16 | | the dischargeability of debts for certain educational pay- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ments and loans. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Private Student Loan 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 523(a)(8) of title 11, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended— 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) in subparagraph (A)— 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) in clause (i)— 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (ii) by inserting ‘‘any program for 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | which substantially all of the funds are 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by a’’ after ‘‘unit or’’; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) in clause (ii)— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (i) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(B)’’; and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—Except as provided in sub-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) A |
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| 47 | 47 | | PPLICATION OFAMENDMENTS.—The amend-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Æ |
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