Senate

To strengthen incentives and protections for whistleblowers in the financial industry and related regulatory agencies, and for other purposes.

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act by instituting a 180-day waiting period before medical debt will be reported on a consumer’s credit report and removing paid-off and settled medical debts from credit reports that have been fully paid or settled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by providing for a timetable for verification of medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information, and for other purposes.

To provide for the appointment of additional Federal bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for institutional ineligibility based on low cohort repayment rates and to require risk sharing payments of institutions of higher education.

To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes. (See sec 12 for intellectual property license/ 11 USC 365(n).)

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. (Sect. 5 of bill amends §507 to make ERISA withdrawal liability a priority claim ahead of administrative expenses.)

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes.