HR 5827 111th Congress House

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.

Introduced: July 22, 2010 See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyFirearms and explosives

Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Aug 12, 2010

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.

Aug 5, 2010

Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

Jul 29, 2010

Received in the Senate.

Jul 28, 2010

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6215-6216)

Jul 28, 2010

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 28, 2010

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 307 - 113 (Roll no. 479). (text: CR 7/27/2010 H6137)

Jul 27, 2010

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Jul 27, 2010

Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jul 27, 2010

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6137-6139)

Jul 27, 2010

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5827.

Jul 22, 2010

Introduced in House

Jul 22, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jul 28, 2010	House · vote #479	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	307–113	See who voted →

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Latest action September 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to permit an individual debtor to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy the debtor's aggregate interest not to exceed $3,000 in value, in a single rifle, shotgun, or pistol or any combination of them.

Declares the date of enactment as the effective date of this Act.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 8

Perriello, Thomas

· Jul 27, 2010

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Jul 26, 2010

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