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HR 2060 109th Congress House

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…

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Official title: 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.

Introduced: May 25, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 6, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
May 3, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 3, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 6, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to declare that, if the following conditions exist, the presumption of abuse guidelines do not apply and the bankruptcy court is prohibited from dismissing or converting a Chapter 7 petition based on any form of means testing: (1) while the debtor is on, and during the 180-day period after release from active duty in the U.S. military service; or (2) while the debtor is performing, and during the 180-day period after the debtor is no longer performing, a homeland defense activity performed for at least 60 days; and (3) if after September 11, 2001, the debtor was called to active duty or performed homeland defense activity, while a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces or a member of the National Guard.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 15 Republican 3
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 25, 2005
COSTELLO, JERRY
· May 25, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 25, 2005
EHLERS, VERNON
· May 25, 2005
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· May 25, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · May 25, 2005
HARMAN, JANE
· May 25, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 25, 2005
MOORE, DENNIS
· May 25, 2005
PUTNAM, ADAM
· May 25, 2005
Reichert, David
· May 25, 2005
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 25, 2005
Shuster, Bill
· May 25, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 25, 2005
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 25, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 25, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 19, 2005
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 19, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 19, 2005
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 19, 2005
EDWARDS, CHET
· May 19, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· May 19, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 19, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 19, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 19, 2005
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 19, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 19, 2005
Watson, Diane
· May 19, 2005
WU, DAVID
· May 19, 2005
GORDON, BART
· May 12, 2005
STEARNS, CLIFF
· May 12, 2005
TAYLOR, GENE
· May 12, 2005
WAMP, ZACH
· May 12, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 3, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2060: 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.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2060/
MLA
"H.R. 2060: 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.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2060/.
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H.R. 2060, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2060/.
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[H.R. 2060: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2060/)
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