U.S. Congress - S.3219 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
S.3219 - Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy. as introduced.
- Short: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010 as introduced.
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4/15/2010--Introduced.Revises federal bankruptcy law with respect to the exemption from the exception to discharge in bankruptcy for certain educational loans if excepting such debt from discharge would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and debtor's dependents. Limits such exemptOfficial Summary
4/15/2010--Introduced.Revises federal bankruptcy law with respect to the exemption from the exception to discharge in bankruptcy for certain educational loans if excepting such debt from discharge would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and debtor's dependents. Limits such exemption to the existing ones for:(1) an educational benefit overpayment or loan made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit or made under any program funded in whole or in part by a governmental unit; and
(2) an obligation to repay funds received from a governmental unit as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend. Repeals the current exemption for:
(1) any loan made under any program funded in whole or in part by a governmental unit or nonprofit institution; and
(2) any other qualified education loan incurred by an individual debtor on behalf of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent, including indebtedness used to refinance a qualified education loan. (Thus makes both kinds of loans nondischargeable in bankruptcy.)
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S.3219 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
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March 05, 2012
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S.3219 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
atiq786
March 05, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 10th Congressional district of California. I support S.3219 - Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Please help us with these unfair debts. I don't want my kids to go through what I am going through. This whole student loan debt is slowly becoming a norm and that is also why education is not becoming that attractive to th... -
S.3219 Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
martagalek
October 19, 2011
I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Illinois. I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Illinois. I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Illinois. I support S.3219 - Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Please make a change to the issue of Private student loans, as t...
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