H.R. 449 · 114th Congress
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Delaney
- Introduced
- 2015-01-21
- Latest action
- 2015-02-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Summary
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow the discharge in bankruptcy of an educational loan or an obligation to repay funds received as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend. (Currently, those debts are dischargeable only if excepting them from discharge would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.)