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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5907
To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit administrative offsets
of social security benefit payments and social security disability insurance
benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal student
loans, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Mr. SIRES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit adminis-
trative offsets of social security benefit payments and
social security disability insurance benefit payments with
respect to claims arising from Federal student loans,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Garnishing of So-
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cial Security for Student Debt Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE OFF-
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SETS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3716(c)(3)(A) of title 31,
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United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘as provided in
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clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in clauses (ii)
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and (iii)’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new
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clause:
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‘‘(iii) No claim arising from a loan made, insured,
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or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act
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of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) may be collected by ad-
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ministrative offset of any payment described in clause
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(i).’’.
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(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
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Act shall apply only with respect to payments that become
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due to an individual after the date of enactment of this
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Act.
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