Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-141
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Public utilities and utility rates
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-17
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 141, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to specify that an individual debtor may not be required to furnish a security deposit to maintain utility services&nbsp;if the debtor pays specified debts owed to the utility within a certain timeframe.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 141 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 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 dispense with the requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 . 2. Amendment Section 366 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section in a case in which the debtor is an individual, if the debtor pays in the 20-day period beginning on the date of the order for relief debts owed to a utility for service provided during such period and thereafter pays when due debts owed to such utility for service provided during the pendency of the case, then the debtor may not be required to furnish assurance of payment. .