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H.R. 5132 113th Congress House

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to dispense with the requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.

Introduced: July 17, 2014 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyPublic utilities and utility rates
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 2, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jul 17, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)
Jul 17, 2014
Introduced in House
Jul 17, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action September 2, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
RANGEL, CHARLES
· Jul 22, 2014
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jul 17, 2014
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 17, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 17, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5132: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5132/
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"H.R. 5132: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5132/.
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