Bankruptcy - Legislation
- Bill Sent To President: S.3197 National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008
A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
October 09, 2008: Presented to President.
(October 7, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.430 To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 ...
To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, as the 'Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.
July 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-262.
(July 13, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6382 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008
To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
(June 24, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5830 Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act
To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.
(April 15, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5494 Savannah's Law
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability.
(February 24, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5455 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable ...
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability.
(February 12, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2636 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008.
A bill to provide needed housing reform.
(February 11, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5138 Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2008
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems.
(January 26, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.660 Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.
January 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-177.
(January 5, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.
December 20, 2007: Signed by President.
(December 18, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2505 A bill to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who ...
A bill to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.
(December 16, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2353 Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007
A bill to increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United States, and to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees.
(November 12, 2007) - Bill Vetoed: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and ...
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
November 13, 2007: Vetoed by President.
(November 11, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4061 To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who ...
To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.
(October 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.4044 National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
(October 30, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3972 To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act ...
To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 60 days.
(October 23, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3778 HOMES Act
To authorize bankruptcy courts to take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
(October 7, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2133 HOMES Act
A bill to authorize bankruptcy courts to take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
(October 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: S.2136 Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2008
A bill to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
(October 1, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3609 Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007
To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes.
(September 18, 2007) - Bill Introduced: H.R.3520 Judicial Administration and Improvements Act of 2007
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, to improve the administration of justice, and for other purposes.
(September 8, 2007)