Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 5, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
This bill permits a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2019 to Sep 23, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 28, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Jul 19, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 5, 2020 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jul 13, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Sep 23, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2019 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Mar 5, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Jan 24, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 15, January 24, 2019, page H1213.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1414 | Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 9, 2019 |
| HR 2648 | Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 29, 2020 |
| HR 5899 | To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts for student loans dischargeable. | Related bill | Mar 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make student loans dischargeable.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
