US Congress House Bill 5132 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 - 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.

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2014-07-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2014-07-17	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5132/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5132/BILLS-113hr5132ih.pdf