Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
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HR 98 — Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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Died in session
This bill died with 114th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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Summary
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law, with respect to the prohibition against disruption of utility services to a debtor, to declare that an individual debtor may not be required to furnish assurance of payment if he or she pays, within 20 days after the date of the order for relief, those debts owed to a utility for service during that period, and afterward also pays when due debts owed for service during the pendency of the case in bankruptcy.
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Read HR 98 on the official United States source →Action History
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4-5)
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Introduced in House
Sponsors
- John Conyers · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
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Not signed on (546)
546 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does HR 98 do?
- Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law, with respect to the prohibition against disruption of utility services to a debtor, to declare that an individual debtor may not be required to furnish assurance of payment if he or she pays, within 20 days after the date of the order for relief, those debts owed to a utility for service during that period, and afterward also pays when due debts owed for service during the pendency of the case in bankruptcy.
- Who sponsors HR 98?
- HR 98 is sponsored by John Conyers (D).
- What is the current status of HR 98?
- This bill died with 114th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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