I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, 5 years ago, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was enacted into law. It exceeded 500 pages in length and made significant changes in our Nation's bankruptcy law. Since its enactment, a number of technical drafting errors have been identified. These include spelling errors, erroneous statutory cross- references, incorrect grammar and terminology references, and mistakes in punctuation. I am pleased that H.R. 6198, the Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010, corrects these purely technical errors. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6198. H.R. 6198, the ``Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010'' Section-by-Section Explanation Sec. 1. Short Title. Section 1 sets forth the short title of the bill as the ``Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010.'' Sec. 2. Technical Corrections Relating to Amendments Made by Public Law 109-8. Section 2 makes a series of technical corrections to the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (2005 Act). Subsection (a)(1)(A) amends section 101(13A) of title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy Code), which defines ``debtor's principal residence.'' The amendment clarifies that the definition pertains to a structure used by the debtor as a principal residence.…
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