Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-137
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-14
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of </strong><b>2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual whose student loan debt is discharged due to undue hardship to recover court costs and attorney's fees for the discharge proceeding if the court finds that the position of the creditor opposing the discharge was not substantially justified.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 137 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Cohen , and Mr. Johnson of Georgia ) introduced 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 . 2. Amendment Section 523(d) of title 11 of the United States Code is amended by striking of this section and inserting or the debtor requests a determination of the dischargeability of a debt based on undue hardship under subsection (a)(8) . 3. Effective date; application of amendment (a) Effective date Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Application of amendment The amendment made by this Act shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.