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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 306
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive student loan
collection practices in bankruptcy cases.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY11, 2023
Mr. T
HANEDARintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to stop abusive
student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Abusive Stu-4
dent Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 5
2023’’. 6
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 7
Section 523(d) of title 11 of the United States Code 8
is amended by striking ‘‘of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘or 9
the debtor requests a determination of the dischargeability 10
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of a debt based on undue hardship under subsection 1
(a)(8)’’. 2
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT. 3
(a) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Except as provided in sub-4
section (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act 5
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 6
(b) A
PPLICATION OFAMENDMENT.—The amendment 7
made by this Act shall apply only with respect to cases 8
commenced under title 11 of the United States Code on 9
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10
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