; . (b) Income-Based repayment (1) Part B loans (A) Repayment plans Section 428(b)(9)(A)(v) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(9)(A)(v) ) is amended by striking , except that the plan described in this clause shall not be available to a borrower for a loan under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student or for a consolidation loan under section 428C, if the proceeds of such loan were used to discharge the liability of a loan under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student . (B) Consolidation loans Section 428C(c)(3)(C) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–3(c)(3)(C) ) is amended— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking subparagraph (C). (2) Part D loans Section 455(d)(1)(E) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D) ) is amended by striking , except that the plan described in this subparagraph shall not be available to the borrower of a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent student or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, if the proceeds of such loan were used to discharge the liability on such Federal Direct PLUS Loan or a loan under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student . (3) IBR Section 493C of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1098e ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking this section and all that follows through hardship and inserting In this section, the term partial financial hardship ; and (ii) by striking, (other than an excepted PLUS loan or excepted consolidation loan) ; (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking (other than an excepted PLUS loan or excepted consolidation loan) ; (ii) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking (other than an excepted PLUS loan or excepted consolidation loan) ; and (iii) in paragraph (7), by striking other than a loan under section 428B or a Federal Direct PLUS Loan