whether the RLCDPA had any impact upon 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). However, it did note, "The amendments [of 11 U.S.C. §§ 1325(b)(2)(A) and 548(a)(2) through passage of the RLCDPA] do not specifically relate to the Court's consideration of issues under § 523(a)(8)." (alterations added). In Dennison v. Hammond (In re Hammond), 236 B.R. 751, 766 (Bankr.D.Utah 1998), the court found the RLCDPA did not affect the provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(15)(A), and held:
Had Congress intended to allow charitable contributions to be factored into income reasonably necessary to be expended for the maintenance or support of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor it would have so stated. . . . The negative pregnant rule of statutory construction requires than an express statutory statement, such as the amendments to § 1325(b)(A), contrasted with the statutory silence regarding including [sic] charitable contributions in § 523(a)(15)(A), shows an intent to confine the allowance of charitable contributions to § 1325(b)(A).
Id., at 767-68 (internal citations omitted).