# 114-hr-5617: Underwater Student Borrowers Act

114-hr-5617, Underwater Student Borrowers Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5617
- Congress: 114
- Title: Underwater Student Borrowers Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-07-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Underwater Student Borrowers Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness, to: (1) include indebtedness discharged due to income-contingent and income-based repayment plans, the death or disability of the borrower, or the closing of an educational institution; and (2) revise the definition of "student loan" to mean a loan made by any lender, including a loan for the refinancing of an existing loan.

## Cosponsors (20)

- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-TX), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2016-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5617 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5617)

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- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3308)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
- [114-hr-3185: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3185)
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