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S 3654 111th Congress Senate

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010

Official title: A bill 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: August 5, 2010 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyFirearms and explosives
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 27, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6305)
Jul 27, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6304-6305)
Jul 27, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 27, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6305)

 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 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
  • HR 5827 Related bill Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Aug 5, 2010
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