S. 3219: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
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S. 3219: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-04-15 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2388-2389)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-04-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2388-2389) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
Plain summary
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010 - 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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Official text
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 3 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
- Obligation
- A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3219.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s3219 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111