No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act
Latest action · Mar 10, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act
This bill prohibits administrative offsets that use an individual's Social Security benefits to pay a federal student loan debt. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2020 to Dec 3, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Dec 3, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Feb 13, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2020Introduced in House
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