Very good news in the fight to return bankruptcy protection to student loans.
Durbin, Warren, Nadler, Katko Introduce Bill Making Bankruptcy Relief Available For Student Loan Borrowers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-01), and John Katko (R-NY-24) today introduced a bicameral bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. The Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019 would eliminate the section of the bankruptcy code that makes private and federal student loans nondischargeable, allowing these loans to be treated like nearly all other forms of consumer debt.
The text of these bills is not yet available online, but they appear to be S.1414 and HR 2648.
Current cosponsors for S1414 are:
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]* |
05/09/2019 |
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]* |
05/09/2019 |
and current cosponsors for HR 2648 are:
Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]* |
05/09/2019 |
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]* |
05/09/2019 |
If your Representative or Senator is not on this list, please contact them to request that they cosponsor this legislation.