Bankruptcy
US Congress 115th Congress
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-2527]
[Student Loans ]
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow private education loans to be discharged in bankruptcy regardless of whether a debtor demonstrates undue hardship. Under current law, student loans may be discharged in bankruptcy only if the loans impose an undue hardship on the debtor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/18/2017
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Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Assn. [HB-157]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to the Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/06/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [SB-785]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requires medical facilities filing for bankruptcy to inform every patient or former patient by written notice prior to filing for bankruptcy that the patient or former patient is entitled to a copy of the patient's or former patient's own medical records at no charge. Requires the medical facilities to provide a paper or electronic copy of the medical records to the patient or former patient upon request.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Mercado Kim
The Committee On Cph Deferred The Measure. on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Credit Unions - Liens and Rights to a Setoff [HB-568]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that a credit union does not have a lien or a right to a setoff under a specified provision of law if the member has filed for bankruptcy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/20/2017
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Recordation and Transfer Tax - Principal Residence Surrendered in Bankruptcy - Exemption [HB-469]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Exempting from recordation and State and county transfer taxes specified instruments of writing that transfer specified residential real property surrendered in bankruptcy under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 538 on 05/04/2017
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Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017 [HB-1667]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to allow certain large financial institutions to elect a new "Subchapter V" bankruptcy process specific to such institutions. (Sec. 3) Under the new process, a debtor institution may request the bankruptcy court to order the transfer of the debtor's assets to a newly formed bridge company. The trust agreement governing such an assets transfer must meet specified requirements. The court may order such an assets transfer only if it determines, by a preponderance
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Sponsored by: Rep. David N. Cicilline
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/06/2017
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Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 [S.632]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal judicial code to: convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan; convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in specified judicial districts in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and Virginia; and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in the middle district of Florida.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/15/2017
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World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 [HB-1275]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage and for large employers to offer affordable coverage to full time employees. Health insurance is no longer required to cover preventive care at no cost or include the essential health benefits. Individuals enrolling in health insurance who have not maintained continuous coverage over the previous 12 months are charged an extra 20% on premiums for each consecutive year without coverage,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017
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Health Savings Act of 2017 [HB-1175]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Funding ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2017
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Health Savings Act of 2017 [S.403]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/15/2017
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Obamacare Replacement Act [HB-1072]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits. The bill allows a refundable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017
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Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-985]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017 TITLE I--FAIRNESS IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (Sec. 103) This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying class actions unless: in a class action seeking monetary relief for personal injury or economic loss, each proposed class member suffered the same type and scope of injury as the named class representatives; no class representatives or named plaintiffs are relatives of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/13/2017
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Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017 [HB-906]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to establish disclosure requirements with respect to a trust that is formed under a reorganization plan, following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation, for the purpose of assuming the debtor's liability regarding certain legal claims related to liability for asbestos exposure. Such a trust must file with the bankruptcy court quarterly reports, available on the public docket, that describe each demand the trust has received from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 6. on 02/24/2017
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Obamacare Replacement Act [S.222]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions and the essential health benefits, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/24/2017
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Bailout Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-595]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Bailout Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to declare a borrower ineligible to borrow from any emergency lending program or facility unless the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) and all federal banking regulators with jurisdiction over the borrower certify that, at the time the borrower initially borrows under the program or facility, the borrower is not insolvent. Solvency shall be assessed by examining the last four months of relevant financial data and determining whether the fair value
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Capuano
Introduced In House on 01/20/2017
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Miners Protection Act of 2017 [S.175]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Retirement ]
Miners Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S343) on 01/17/2017
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Commodity End-User Relief Act [HB-238]
[Finance ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Commodity End-User Relief Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC is authorized to require that certain property of the bankruptcy estate of a commodity broker who is a debtor in Chapter 7 bankruptcy (also known as "liquidation" bankruptcy) be included in customer property to the extent that such property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of the broker's public customers. Before promulgating a regulation or issuing
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/17/2017
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Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2017 [HB-139]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2017 This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to: (1) heighten criteria with respect to a municipality's eligibility for municipal bankruptcy, and (2) revise provisions related to judicial procedure and review in municipality bankruptcy cases. In addition, the bill expands protections for employees and retirees in cases of municipal bankruptcy. Specifically, if a municipal bankruptcy plan modifies a collective bargaining agreement or retiree benefit, the covered employees' authorized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/23/2017
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Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2017 [HB-134]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income) to exclude from the computation of debts the secured or unsecured portions of: (1) debts secured by the debtor's principal residence if the value of the residence is less than the applicable maximum amount of noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts; or (2) debts secured or formerly secured by the debtor's principal residence that was either sold in foreclosure or surrendered to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Jeffries Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be The First Sponsor Of H.r. 134, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Conyers, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 07/26/2018
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Health Savings Act of 2017 [HB-35]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow an additional tax deduction for amounts paid to the HSA of a taxpayer's child or grandchild; (2) allow a rollover of HSA funds to the child, parent, or grandparent of an account holder; (3) increase the maximum HSA contribution limit to match the amount of the deductible and out-of-pocket expenses under a high deductible health plan; and (4) expand the definition of an HSA compatible plan to include bronze, silver,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/12/2017