US Congress Senate Bill 1748 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act or Christopher's Law - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require lenders of private educational loans for which cosigners are held jointly liable to describe clearly and conspicuously, in writing, the cosigners' obligations regarding such loans, including the effect a borrower's or cosigner's death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on such obligations. Directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to publish a model form for describing those obligations. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to provide borrowers of federal educational loans information at their entrance counseling on the effect their death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on their federal and private educational loans.

Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act

Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB3240 (Same As) 2012-01-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1748/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1748/BILLS-112s1748is.pdf