HR 98
114th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy
Public utilities and utility rates
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Introduced: January 6, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 6, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4-5)
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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