HR 4545 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 21, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 565.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019

This bill directs the holder of a private education loan to discharge the loan in the event of the borrower's death or total and permanent disability. The obligation of a cosigner for a private education loan is also discharged in the event of total and permanent disability of the borrower. The bill also extends indefinitely the exclusion of student loan debt discharge from gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 6, 2019 to Oct 16, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABrad ShermanDec 6, 2019
D-ILSean CastenDec 6, 2019
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 15, 2020
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOct 16, 2020

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 21, 2020Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
  2. Dec 21, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 565.
  3. Dec 21, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-682, Part I.
  4. Dec 11, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Dec 11, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 25.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 21, 2020Reported in House
  2. Sep 27, 2019Introduced in House

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