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02/13/2020          

No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act

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02/13/2020 Introduced in House Open

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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-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Garnishing of So-4

cial Security for Student Debt Act’’. 5

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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE OFF-1

SETS. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3716(c)(3)(A) of title 31, 3

United States Code, is amended— 4

(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘as provided in 5

clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in clauses (ii) 6

and (iii)’’; and 7

(2) by adding at the end the following new 8

clause: 9

‘‘(iii) No claim arising from a loan made, insured, 10

or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act 11

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) may be collected by ad-12

ministrative offset of any payment described in clause 13

(i).’’. 14

(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 15

Act shall apply only with respect to payments that become 16

due to an individual after the date of enactment of this 17

Act. 18

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Picture Name From Date Type
Albio Sires D-NJ 02/13/2020 Sponsor
Eleanor Norton D-DC 11/18/2020 Cosponsor
Sylvia Garcia D-TX 12/03/2020 Cosponsor
Steve Cohen D-TN 11/18/2020 Cosponsor
Date Branch Action
03/10/2020 President Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
02/13/2020 President Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Action By: House of Representatives
02/13/2020 President Introduced in HouseAction By: House of Representatives
Summary
There is one summary for H.R.5907. View summaries Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/13/2020) No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act This bill prohibits administrative offsets that use an individual's Social Security benefits to pay a federal student loan debt. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)
Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/13/2020) No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act This bill prohibits administrative offsets that use an individual's Social Security benefits to pay a federal student loan debt. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)
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Prohibition of certain administrative offsets(a)In generalSection 3716(c)(3)(A) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—(1)in clause (i), by striking as provided in clause (ii) and inserting as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii); and(2)by adding at the end the following new clause:(iii)No claim arising from a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U

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