[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3092 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3092
To adjust the applicability of certain amendments to the Truth in
Lending Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 11, 2021
Ms. Craig introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To adjust the applicability of certain amendments to the Truth in
Lending Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan
Relief Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE TRUTH IN LENDING
ACT.
(a) In General.--Effective on the date of enactment of the Economic
Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 115-
174), section 601(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to private education loan agreements entered into before, on, or
after the date of enactment of this Act.''.
(b) Treasury Loan Purchase Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
establish a program under which the Secretary shall purchase
and retire outstanding private education loans--
(A) where the borrower on such loan is deceased;
(B) where there remains a cosigner on the loan;
(C) that were entered into before the date that is
180 days after the date of enactment of the Economic
Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act;
and
(D) only upon an application from a holder of such
loan pursuant to paragraph (2) that demonstrates the
holder has suffered financial injury as a result of the
amendment made by subsection (a).
(2) Application.--The holder of a loan described under
paragraph (1) may apply to the Secretary of the Treasury to
have the Secretary purchase and retire such loan by submitting
an application in such form and manner as the Secretary may
require.
(3) Authorization of appropriation.--There is authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury $5,000,000 to
carry out this subsection.
(4) Truth in lending act terms.--In this subsection, the
terms ``cosigner'' and ``private education loan'' have the
meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 140 of
the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650).
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