On the recordApril 14, 2005
pursuant to House Resolution 211, I call up the Senate bill (S. 256) to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. The text of S. 256 is as follows: S. 256 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents. TITLE I--NEEDS-BASED BANKRUPTCY Sec. 101. Conversion. Sec. 102. Dismissal or conversion. Sec. 103. Sense of Congress and study. Sec. 104. Notice of alternatives. Sec. 105. Debtor financial management training test program. Sec. 106. Credit counseling. Sec. 107. Schedules of reasonable and necessary expenses. TITLE II--ENHANCED CONSUMER PROTECTION Subtitle A--Penalties for Abusive Creditor Practices Sec. 201. Promotion of alternative dispute resolution. Sec. 202. Effect of discharge. Sec. 203. Discouraging abuse of reaffirmation agreement practices. Sec. 204. Preservation of claims and defenses upon sale of predatory loans. Sec. 205. GAO study and report on reaffirmation agreement process. Subtitle B--Priority Child Support Sec. 211. Definition of domestic support obligation. Sec. 212.…
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