To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the circumstances under current law to allow an individual debtor to discharge certain educational loans and educational benefits received by the debtor more than 5 years before the commencement of the bankruptcy case under such title.

United States115th CongressHR-6588House of Representatives
Updated: Jul 26, 2018

Summary

Student Loan Bankruptcy Act of 2018 This bill allows a student loan to be discharged in bankruptcy, without proving undue hardship, if the loan first became due more than five years before the bankruptcy filing.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1092-1093)

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

    House of Representatives

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