Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9110
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2022-09-30
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022 </b></p> <p>This bill allows student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Under current law, these loans are only dischargeable if such debt imposes an undue hardship on the debtor.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9110 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2022 Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Norton , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Mr. DeFazio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022 . 2. Amendments (a) Exception to discharge Section 523 of title 11, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (8). (b) Conforming amendment Section 1328(a)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking (8), . 3. Effective date; application of amendments (a) Effective date Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Application of amendments The amendments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11, United States Code, on or after the date of enactment of this Act.