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S. 3276

A bill to make technical corrections to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 and certain amendments made by that Act.

Amends the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for enhanced penalties for any offense involving fraud or misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or furnishing information to a consumer on (as under current law), or offering assistance in obtaining, financial assistance toward an education at an institution of higher education, such that those penalties are comparable to those provided for an offense involving fraud or misrepresentation (currently, comparable to the base offense level for misrepresentation) that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable, educational, religious, or political organization, or a government agency; and (2) expand the debts that are excluded from permissible exemptions of property from estates in bankruptcy to include a debt in connection with misrepresentation in providing, offering assistance in obtaining, or furnishing information to a consumer on, such financial assistance.

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11891)

Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI](R-MI)Sponsor
1 cosponsor1 D
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  1. Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11891)

  2. Floor17000

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S11891)

  3. Discharge

    Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11890-11891)

    Judiciary Committee
  4. Committee14500

    Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11890-11891)

    Judiciary Committee
  5. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  6. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate