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105TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105-540
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1998
MAY 18, 1998.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3150]
The Committe on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 3150) to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended
do pass.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
T h e A m endm ent ...................................................................................................... 1
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 53
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 54
H ea rin g s ................................................................................................................... 6 0
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... . 63
V ote of th e C om m ittee ............................................................................................. 63
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 68
C om m ittee C ost E stim ate ...................................................................................... 68
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 69
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 69
A gen cy V iew s ........................................................................................................... 12 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 144
D issen tin g V iew s ..................................................................................................... 229
The amendment is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998.
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