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(a)
Except as provided in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities
Act, 1930,
the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921,
and section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations
for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1944,
and for other purposes," approved July 12, 1943, a
governmental unit
may not deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a
license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar grant
to, condition such a grant to, discriminate with respect
to such a grant against, deny employment to, terminate the
employment of, or discriminate with respect to employment
against, a
person that is or has been a
debtor under this title or a bankrupt or a
debtor under the Bankruptcy Act, or another
person with whom such bankrupt or
debtor has been associated, solely because such bankrupt
or
debtor is or has been a
debtor under this title or a bankrupt or
debtor under the Bankruptcy Act, has been
insolvent before the commencement of the case under
this title, or during the case but before the
debtor is granted or denied a discharge, or has not
paid a
debt that is dischargeable in the case under this title
or that was discharged under the Bankruptcy Act.
(b)
No private employer may terminate the employment of, or
discriminate with respect to employment against, an individual
who is or has been a
debtor under this title, a
debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Act, or an individual
associated with such
debtor or bankrupt, solely because such
debtor or bankrupt—
(1)
is or has been a
debtor under this title or a
debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Act;
(2)
has been
insolvent before the commencement of a case under this
title or during the case but before the grant or denial
of a discharge; or
(3)
has not paid a
debt that is dischargeable in a case under this title
or that was discharged under the Bankruptcy Act.
(c)(1) A
governmental unit that operates a student grant or loan
program and a
person engaged in a business that
includes the making of loans guaranteed or insured under
a student loan program
may not deny a student grant, loan, loan guarantee,
or loan insurance to a
person that is or has been a
debtor under this title or a bankrupt or
debtor under the Bankruptcy Act, or another
person with whom the
debtor or bankrupt has been associated, because the
debtor or bankrupt is or has been a
debtor under this title or a bankrupt or
debtor under the Bankruptcy Act, has been
insolvent before the commencement of a case under this
title or during the pendency of the case but before the
debtor is granted or denied a discharge, or has not
paid a
debt that is dischargeable in the case under this title
or that was discharged under the Bankruptcy Act.
(2) In this section, "student loan program" means
any program operated under title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 or a similar program operated under
State or local law.
(Pub. L. 95-598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2593; Pub.
L. 98-353, title III, § 309, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat.
354; Pub. L.
103-394, title III, § 313, title V, § 501(d)(15), Oct.
22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4140, 4145; Pub. L.
109-8, Title XII, §
1211, April 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 194.)
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