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H.R. 137: Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

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H.R. 137: Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cicilline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 137, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Plain summary

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual whose student loan debt is discharged due to undue hardship to recover court costs and attorney's fees for the discharge proceeding if the court finds that the position of the creditor opposing the discharge was not substantially justified.

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Official text

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · 3 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr137 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115