S. 1102: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011
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S. 1102: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-26 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-899.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-26 · 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: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-899. 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 2011
Plain summary
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 Amends federal bankruptcy law to make privately issued student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy. Under current law, student loans (whether issued privately or by a governmental unit) are dischargeable only if excepting the loans from dischargeability would impose undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents.
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Official text
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 6 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR)
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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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1102.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1102 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112