H.R. 4290, the "Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015."
To provide for certain assistance and reforms relating to the territories, and for other purposes. (bankruptcy-style moratorium on P.R. debt collection)
To provide for certain assistance and reforms relating to the territories, and for other purposes. (bankruptcy-style moratorium on P.R. debt collection)
To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and for other purposes.
To provide the Government of Puerto Rico the choice to restructure its municipal debt in conjunction with enhanced financial oversight, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee principal and interest payments on bonds issued by the government of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and instrumentalities, on the condition that the government of the territory demonstrates meaningful improvement in the management of its public finances, and for other purposes.
To establish student loan borrowers’ rights to basic consumer protections, reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and effective loan cancellation in exchange for public service, and for other purposes.
To establish additional protections and disclosures for students and co-signers with respect to student loans, and for other purposes.
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make student loans dischargeable.
To replace references to “wives” and “husbands” in Federal law with references to “spouses”, and for other purposes. (Takes "husband and wife" language out of Bankruptcy Code exemption provision, §522.)
To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy.
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating to multiemployer pensions, and for other purposes.