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113th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 114CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. REED, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE.

Section 523(a)(8) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘dependents, for’ and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘dependents, for 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 or an obligation to repay funds received from a governmental unit as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend;’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink