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HR 98 114th Congress House

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

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: January 6, 2015 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyPublic utilities and utility rates
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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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
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 Latest action February 2, 2015

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 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 6, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 6, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 6, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 98: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-98/
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"H.R. 98: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-98/.
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H.R. 98, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-98/.
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