Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Debtor and creditor

Bill Enacted: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-227.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 07, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 06, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 01, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: S.2894 Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2007

2008-04-21T00:00:00Z

An original bill to establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5830 FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008

2008-04-17T00:00:00Z

To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-04-08T00:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

Bill Introduced: S.2815 Strengthening Student Aid for All Act

2008-04-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to increase unsubsidized Stafford loan limits for undergraduate students, provide for a secondary market for FFEL loans, allow for the in-school deferment of PLUS loans, augment the maximum Federal Pell Grant for the lowest income students, and expand the number of students eligible to obtain loans under the lender-of-last-resort program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5494 Savannah's Law

2008-02-26T00:00:00Z

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5455 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability.

2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability.

Bill Introduced: S.2636 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008.

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide needed housing reform.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5155 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

2008-01-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts to the United States in the case of veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5148 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

2008-01-28T00:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2550 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2536 Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

2008-01-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts to the United States in the case of veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4883 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service.

2007-12-19T00:00:00Z

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007

2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4044 National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3972 To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 60 days.

2007-10-25T00:00:00Z

To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 60 days.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3894 Negative Amortization Mortgage Loan Transparency Act

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish requirements for providing negatively amortizing mortgage loans to first-time borrowers, and for other purposes.