S 256

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A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
4/14/05	House	Passed	Session 1, roll call 108: On Passage Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
4/14/05	House	Failed	Session 1, roll call 107: On Motion to Recommit With Instructions Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
3/10/05	Senate	Passed	Session 1, roll call 44: On Passage of the Bill S. 256 As Amended; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
3/10/05	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 42: On the Amendment Talent Amdt. No. 121; To deter corporate fraud and prevent the abuse of State self-settled trust law.
3/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 41: On the Amendment Schumer Amdt. No. 129; To limit the exemption for asset protection trusts.
3/10/05	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 40: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 112; To protect disabled veterans from means testing in bankruptcy under certain circumstances.
3/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 39: On the Amendment Leahy Amdt. No. 83; To modify the definition of disinterested person in the Bankruptcy Code.
3/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 38: On the Amendment Akaka Amdt. No. 105; To limit claims in bankruptcy by certain unsecured creditors.
3/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 37: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 69; To amend the definition of current monthly income.
3/10/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 36: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 70; To exempt debtors whose financial problems were caused by failure to receive alimony or child support, or both, from means testing.
3/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 35: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 68; To provide a maximum amount for a homestead exemption under State law.
3/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 34: On the Amendment Dodd Amdt. No. 67; To modify the bill to protect families, and for other purposes.
3/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 33: On the Amendment Boxer Amdt. No. 62; To provide for the potential disallowance of certain claims.
3/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 32: On the Amendment Harkin Amdt. No. 66; To increase the accrual period for the employee wage priority in bankruptcy.
3/9/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 31: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 110; To clarify that the means test does not apply to debtors below median income.
3/8/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 30: On the Amendment Feingold Amdt No. 89 ; To strike certain small business related bankruptcy provisions in the bill.
3/8/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 28: On the Amendment Schumer Amdt. No. 47.; To prohibit the discharge, in bankruptcy, of a debt resulting from the debtor's unlawful interference with the provision of lawful goods or services or damage to property used to provide lawful goods or services.
3/7/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 27: On the Amendment Santorum Amdt. No. 128; To promote job creation, family time, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.
3/7/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 26: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 44; To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 25: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 49; To protect employees and retirees from corporate practices that deprive them of their earnings and retirement savings when a business files for bankruptcy.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 24: On the Amendment Rockefeller Amdt. No. 24; To amend the wage priority provision and to amend the payment of insurance benefits to retirees.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 23: On the Amendment Schumer Amdt. No. 42; To limit the exemption for asset protection trusts.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 22: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 38; To discourage predatory lending practices.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 21: On the Amendment Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 37; To exempt debtors from means testing if their financial problems were caused by identity theft.
3/3/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 20: On the Amendment Dayton Amdt. No. 31.; To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent.
3/2/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 18: On the Amendment Corzine Amdt. No. 32; To preserve existing bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members.
3/2/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 17: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 29; To provide protection for medical debt homeowners.
3/2/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 16: On the Amendment Kennedy Amdt. No. 28.; To exempt debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems from means testing.
3/2/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 15: On the Amendment Akaka Amdt. No. 15; To require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, and for other purposes.
3/2/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 14: On the Amendment Feingold Amdt. No. 17.; To provide a homestead floor for the elderly.
3/1/05	Senate	Rejected	Session 1, roll call 13: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 16, As Modified.; To protect servicemembers and veterans from means testing in bankruptcy, to disallow certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to servicemembers, and to allow servicemembers to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence.
3/1/05	Senate	Agreed to	Session 1, roll call 12: On the Amendment Sessions Amdt. No. 23; To clarify the safe harbor with respect to debtors who have serious medical conditions or who have been called or ordered to active duty in the Armed Forces and low income veterans.