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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6198 

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make technical corrections; 

and for related purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 

Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make 

technical corrections; and for related purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bankruptcy Technical 

5 Corrections Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO AMEND7 MENTS MADE BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8. 

8 (a) TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 

9 11 of the United States Code is amended— 

10 (1) in section 101— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (13A)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A) by inserting 

3 ‘‘if used as the principal residence by the 

4 debtor’’ after ‘‘structure’’ the 1st place it 

5 appears, and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 

7 ‘‘if used as the principal residence by the 

8 debtor’’ before the period at the end, 

9 (B) in paragraph (35) by striking ‘‘(23) 

10 and (35)’’ and inserting ‘‘(21B) and (33)(A)’’, 

11 (C) in paragraph (40B) by striking ‘‘writ12 ten document relating to a patient or a’’ and in13 serting ‘‘record relating to a patient, including 

14 a written document or a’’, 

15 (D) in paragraph (42) by striking ‘‘303, 

16 and 304’’ and inserting ‘‘303 and 1504’’, 

17 (E) in paragraph (51B) by inserting 

18 ‘‘thereto’’ before the period at the end, 

19 (F) in paragraph (51D) by inserting ‘‘of 

20 the filing’’ after ‘‘date’’ the 1st place it appears, 

21 and 

22 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (56A) 

23 and (53D) as (53D) and (53E), respectively, 

24 (2) in section 103(a) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘362(o)’’, 


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1 (3) in section 105(d)(2) by inserting ‘‘may’’ 

2 after ‘‘Procedure,’’, 

3 (4) in section 106(a)(1) by striking ‘‘728,’’, 

4 (5) in section 107(a) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) 

5 of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and 

6 (c)’’, 

7 (6) in section 109— 

8 (A) in subsection (b)(3)(B) by striking 

9 ‘‘1978’’ and inserting ‘‘1978)’’, and 

10 (B) in subsection (h)(1)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘other than paragraph 

12 (4) of this subsection’’ after ‘‘this section’’, 

13 and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘preceding’’ and in15 serting ‘‘ending on’’, 

16 (7) in section 110— 

17 (A) in subsection (b)(2)(A) by inserting 

18 ‘‘or on behalf of’’ after ‘‘from’’, and 

19 (B) in subsection (h)— 

20 (i) in the last sentence of paragraph 

21 (1)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘a’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘the’’, and 

24 (II) by inserting ‘‘or on behalf 

25 of’’ after ‘‘from’’, 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘found to be in 

3 excess of the value of any services’’, 

4 and 

5 (II) in clause (i) by inserting 

6 ‘‘found to be in excess of the value of 

7 any services’’ after ‘‘(i)’’, and 

8 (iii) in paragraph (4) by striking 

9 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (3)’’, 

11 (8) in section 111(d)(1)(E)— 

12 (A) by striking the period at the end and 

13 insert ‘‘; and’’, and 

14 (B) by indenting the left margin of such 

15 subparagraph 2 additional ems to the right, 

16 (9) in section 303 by redesignating subsection 

17 (l) as subsection (k), 

18 (10) in section 308(b)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘small business debtor’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘debtor in a small business case’’, 

21 and 

22 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

24 (I) by striking ‘‘(A)’’, and 


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1 (II) by redesignating clauses (i) 

2 and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and 

3 (B), respectively, 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘(5)’’, 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

8 (A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

9 (4)(A)’’, and 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

11 (A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

12 (4)(B)’’, and 

13 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

14 (C) as paragraph (6), 

15 (11) in section 348— 

16 (A) in subsection (b)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘728(a), 728(b),’’, and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘1146(a), 1146(b),’’, 

19 and 

20 (B) in subsection (f)(1)(C)(i) by inserting 

21 ‘‘of the filing’’ after ‘‘date’’, 

22 (12) in section 362— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)(8)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘corporate debtor’s’’, 

25 and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘of a debtor that is a 

2 corporation’’ after ‘‘liability’’ the 1st place 

3 it appears, 

4 (B) in subsection (c)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (3), in the matter 

6 preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘a’’ after ‘‘against’’, and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (4)(A)(i) by insert9 ing ‘‘under a chapter other than chapter 7 

10 after dismissal’’ after ‘‘refiled’’, 

11 (C) in subsection (d)(4) by striking 

12 ‘‘hinder, and’’ and inserting ‘‘hinder, or’’, and 

13 (D) in subsection (l)(2) by striking 

14 ‘‘nonbankrupcty’’ and inserting ‘‘nonbank15 ruptcy’’, 

16 (13) in section 363(d)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

18 by striking ‘‘only’’, 

19 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(1) in the case of a debtor that is a corpora22 tion or trust that is not a moneyed business, com23 mercial corporation, or trust, only in accordance 

24 with nonbankruptcy law applicable to the transfer of 


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1 property by a debtor that is such a corporation or 

2 trust; and’’, and 

3 (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘only’’ 

4 after ‘‘(2)’’, 

5 (14) in section 505(a)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘any 

6 law (other than a bankruptcy law)’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘applicable nonbankruptcy law’’, 

8 (15) in section 507(a)(8)(A)(ii) by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’, 

10 (16) in section 521(a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘the debtor shall’’, 

14 and 

15 (II) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end, 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘the debtor shall’’, 

18 and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end, 

20 and 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

22 ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘except that’’, and 

24 (B) in paragraphs (3) and (4) by inserting 

25 ‘‘is’’ after ‘‘auditor’’, 


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1 (17) in section 522— 

2 (A) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘at’’ the 1st place it 

4 appears and inserting ‘‘to’’, and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘at’’ the 2d place it 

6 appears and inserting ‘‘in’’, and 

7 (B) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘sec8 tion 523(a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘such para9 graph’’, 

10 (18) in section 523(a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)(II) by striking 

12 the period at the end and inserting a semicolon, 

13 and 

14 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 

16 (19) in section 524(k)— 

17 (A) in the last undesignated paragraph of 

18 the quoted matter in paragraph (3)(J)(i)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘security property’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘secured property’’ each place it 

21 appears, and 

22 (ii) in the last sentence by inserting 

23 ‘‘must’’ after ‘‘you’’, and 

24 (B) in paragraph (5)(B) by striking ‘‘that’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘that,’’, 


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1 (20) in section 526(a)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘untrue 

3 and’’ and inserting ‘‘untrue or’’, and 

4 (B) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘a’’ 

5 after ‘‘preparer’’, 

6 (21) in the 3d sentence of the 4th undesignated 

7 paragraph of the quoted matter in section 527(b), 

8 by striking ‘‘Schedules and Statement of Financial 

9 Affairs, as well as in some cases a Statement of In10 tention’’ and inserting ‘‘Schedules, and Statement of 

11 Financial Affairs, and in some cases a Statement of 

12 Intention,’’, 

13 (22) in section 541(b)(6)(B) by striking ‘‘sec14 tion 529(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 529(b)(6)’’, 

15 (23) in section 554(c) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 

17 (24) in section 704(a)(3) by striking 

18 ‘‘521(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘521(a)(2)(B)’’, 

19 (25) in section 707— 

20 (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘521’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘521(a)’’, and 

22 (B) in subsection (b)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(I) by in24 serting ‘‘of the filing’’ after ‘‘date’’, and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub2 paragraph (A)(i) of such paragraph’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(i)’’, 

4 (26) in section 723(c) by striking ‘‘Notwith5 standing section 728(c) of this title, the’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘The’’, 

7 (27) in section 724(b)(2)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘507(a)(1)’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘507(a)(1)(C) or 507(a)(2)’’, 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘under each such section’’ 

11 after ‘‘expenses’’ the 1st place it appears, 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘chapter 7 of this title’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’, and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘507(a)(2),’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘507(a)(1)(A), 507(a)(1)(B),’’, 

16 (28) in section 726(b) by striking ‘‘or (8)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘(8), (9), or (10)’’, 

18 (29) in section 901(a)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘333,’’ after ‘‘301,’’, and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘351,’’ after ‘‘350(b)’’, 

21 (30) in section 1104— 

22 (A) in subsection (a) 

23 (i) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ 

24 at the end, 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; 

2 or’’ and inserting a period, and 

3 (iii) by striking paragraph (3), and 

4 (B) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) by striking 

5 ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’, 

6 (31) in section 1106(a)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘704’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘704(a)’’, and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 

11 (32) in section 1111(a) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 

13 (33) amending section 1112— 

14 (A) in subsection (b)— 

15 (i) by amending paragraph (1) to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and sub18 section (c), on request of a party in interest, and after 

19 notice and a hearing, the court shall convert a case under 

20 this chapter to a case under chapter 7 or dismiss a case 

21 under this chapter, whichever is in the best interests of 

22 creditors and the estate, for cause unless the court deter23 mines that the appointment under section 1104(a) of a 

24 trustee or an examiner is in the best interests of creditors 

25 and the estate.’’, and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (I) by striking the matter pre3 ceding subparagraph (A) and insert4 ing the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) The court may not convert a case under this 

6 chapter to a case under chapter 7 or dismiss a case under 

7 this chapter if the court finds and specifically identifies 

8 unusual circumstances establishing that converting or dis9 missing the case is not in the best interests of creditors 

10 and the estate, and the debtor or any other party in inter11 est establishes that—’’, and 

12 (II) in subparagraph (B) by 

13 striking ‘‘granting such relief’’ and in14 serting ‘‘converting or dismissing the 

15 case’’, and 

16 (B) in subsection (e) by striking 

17 ‘‘521’’ and inserting ‘‘521(a)’’, 

18 (34) in section 1127(f)(1) by striking ‘‘sub19 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’, 

20 (35) in section 1129(a)(16) by striking ‘‘of the 

21 plan’’ and inserting ‘‘under the plan’’, 

22 (36) in section 1141(d)(5)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(iii) subparagraph (C) permits the court 

4 to grant a discharge; and’’, and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘the court may grant a discharge if,’’, 

8 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon, 

10 and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘and if the requirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) 

14 are met.’’, 

15 (37) in section 1145(b) by striking ‘‘2(11)’’ 

16 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2(a)(11)’’, 

17 (38) in section 1202(b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘704(2), 

19 704(3), 704(5), 704(6), 704(7), and 704(9)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘704(a)(2), 704(a)(3), 704(a)(5), 

21 704(a)(6), 704(a)(7), and 704(a)(9)’’, and 

22 (B) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘704(8)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘704(a)(8)’’, 

24 (39) in section 1302(b)(1) by striking ‘‘704(2), 

25 704(3), 704(4), 704(5), 704(6), 704(7), and 


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1 704(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘704(a)(2), 704(a)(3), 

2 704(a)(4), 704(a)(5), 704(a)(6), 704(a)(7), and 

3 704(a)(9)’’, 

4 (40) in section 1304(c) by striking ‘‘704(8)’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘704(a)(8)’’, 

6 (41) in section 1307— 

7 (A) in subsection (c)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’, 

10 (ii) in paragraph (9) by striking 

11 ‘‘521’’ and inserting ‘‘521(a)’’, and 

12 (iii) in paragraph (10) by striking 

13 ‘‘521’’ and inserting ‘‘521(a)’, and 

14 (B) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘sub15 section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’, 

16 (42) in section 1308(b)(2)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘para18 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’, 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

20 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

21 (1)(B)’’, and 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ each 

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’, 

24 (43) in section 1322(a)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the 1st place it ap2 pears, 

3 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 

4 after ‘‘(1)’’, 

5 (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 

6 after ‘‘(2)’’, 

7 (D) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 

8 after ‘‘claims,’’, and 

9 (E) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘a plan’’, 

10 (44) in section 1325— 

11 (A) in the last sentence of subsection (a) 

12 by inserting ‘‘period’’ after ‘‘910-day’’, and 

13 (B) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) by striking 

14 ‘‘548(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘548(d)(3))’’, 

15 (45) in the heading of section 1511 by inserting 

16 ‘‘, 302,’’ after ‘‘301’’, 

17 (46) in section 1519(f) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘362(o)’’, 

19 (47) in section 1521(f) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘362(o)’’, 

21 (48) in section 1529(1) by inserting ‘‘is’’ after 

22 ‘‘States’’, 

23 (49) in the table of sections of chapter 3, by 

24 striking the item relating to section 333 and insert25 ing the following: 

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1 and 

2 (50) in the table of sections of chapter 5, by 

3 striking the item relating to section 562 and insert4 ing the following: 

‘‘562. Timing of damage measure in connection with swap agreements, securities 

contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase 

agreements, and master netting agreements.’’. 

5 (b) TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.—Sec6 tion 157 of title 18, United States Code is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘bankruptcy’’, 

8 and 

9 (2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking ‘‘, in10 cluding a fraudulent involuntary bankruptcy petition 

11 under section 303 of such title’’. 

12 (c) TITLE 28 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.— 

13 (1) AMENDMENT RELATING TO APPEALS.—Sec14 tion 158(d)(2)(D) of title 28 of the United States 

15 Code is amended by striking ‘‘appeal in’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘appeal is’’. 

17 (2) AMENDMENT RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY

18 STATISTICS.—Section 159(c)(3)(H) of title 28 of the 

19 United States Code is amended by inserting ‘‘the’’ 

20 after ‘‘against’’. 

21 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 586(a) 

22 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) is amended by 

2 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

3 semicolon, 

4 (B) in paragraph (7)(C) by striking ‘‘iden5 tify’’ and inserting ‘‘determine’’, and 

6 (C) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘the 

7 United States trustee shall’’. 

8 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO PUBLIC LAW 109–8. 

9 Section 1406(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘cept’’ and inserting ‘‘Except’’. 

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