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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
106TH CONGRESS [REPT. 106-123,
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PART 1
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1999
APRIL 29, 1999.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GEKAS, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 833]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 833) 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.
CONTENTS
Page
T h e A m endm ent ..................................................................................................... . 86
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 86
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 86
H ea rin g s ................................................................................................................... 9 5
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... . 97
V ote of th e C om m ittee ............................................................................................. 98
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 110
Committee on Government Reform Findings ........................................................ 110
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 110
C om m ittee C ost E stim ate ....................................................................................... 111
Com m ittee Jurisdiction Letters .............................................................................. 112
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 114
Preem ption of State Law ......................................................................................... 114
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 114
A gen cy V iew s ........................................................................................................... 198
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 229
A ddition al V iew s ...................................................................................................... 376
D issen tin g V iew s ..................................................................................................... 38 1
The amendment is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
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