Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010
PL 111-327 (H.R.6198), enacted 12/22/2010

124 STAT. 3557 
PUBLIC LAW 111–327—DEC. 22, 2010 
Public Law 111–327 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make technical corrections; and 
for related purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bankruptcy Technical Corrections 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO AMENDMENTS MADE 
BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8. 
(a) TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 11 of the 
United States Code is amended— 
(1) in section 101— 
(A) in paragraph (13A)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘if used as 
the principal residence by the debtor’’ after ‘‘structure’’ 
the 1st place it appears, and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘if used as 
the principal residence by the debtor’’ before the period 
at the end, 
(B) in paragraph (35) by striking ‘‘(23) and (35)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(21B) and (33)(A)’’, 
(C) in paragraph (40B) by striking ‘‘written document 
relating to a patient or a’’ and inserting ‘‘record relating 
to a patient, including a written document or a’’, 
(D) in paragraph (42) by striking ‘‘303, and 304’’ and 
inserting ‘‘303 and 1504’’, 
(E) in paragraph (51B) by inserting ‘‘thereto’’ before 
the period at the end, and 
(F) in paragraph (51D) by inserting ‘‘of the filing’’ after 
‘‘date’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(2) in section 103(a) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ and inserting 
‘‘362(o)’’, 
(3) in section 105(d)(2) by inserting ‘‘may’’ after ‘‘Proce-
dure,’’, 
(4) in section 106(a)(1) by striking ‘‘728,’’, 
(5) in section 107(a) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) of this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’, 
(6) in section 109— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘1978’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1978)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (h)(1)— 
Bankruptcy 
Technical 
Corrections Act 
of 2010. 
11 USC 101 note. 
Dec. 22, 2010 
[H.R. 6198] 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘other than paragraph (4) of this 
subsection’’ after ‘‘this section’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘preceding’’ and inserting ‘‘ending 
on’’, 
(7) in section 110— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘or on behalf 
of’’ after ‘‘from’’, and 
(B) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in the last sentence of paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘a’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’, and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or on behalf of’’ after ‘‘from’’, 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘found to be in excess of the 
value of any services’’, and 
(II) in clause (i) by inserting ‘‘found to be 
in excess of the value of any services’’ after ‘‘(i)’’, 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’, 
(8) in section 111(d)(1)(E)— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and insert ‘‘; 
and’’, and 
(B) by indenting the left margin of such subparagraph 
2 additional ems to the right, 
(9) in section 303 by redesignating subsection (l) as sub-
section (k), 
(10) in section 308(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘small business debtor’’ and inserting 
‘‘debtor in a small business case’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(A)’’, and 
(II) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5)’’, 
(II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)(A)’’, and 
(III) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)(B)’’, 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as para-
graph (6), and 
(11) in section 348— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘728(a), 728(b),’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1146(a), 1146(b),’’, and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1)(C)(i) by inserting ‘‘of the filing’’ 
after ‘‘date’’, 
(12) in section 362— 
(A) in subsection (a)(8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘corporate debtor’s’’, and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘of a debtor that is a corporation’’ 
after ‘‘liability’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘a’’ after ‘‘against’’, and 
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(ii) in paragraph (4)(A)(i) by inserting ‘‘under a 
chapter other than chapter 7 after dismissal’’ after 
‘‘refiled’’, 
(C) in subsection (d)(4) by striking ‘‘hinder, and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘hinder, or’’, and 
(D) in subsection (l)(2) by striking ‘‘nonbankrupcty’’ 
and inserting ‘‘nonbankruptcy’’, 
(13) in section 363(d)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 
‘‘only’’, 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) in the case of a debtor that is a corporation or trust 
that is not a moneyed business, commercial corporation, or 
trust, only in accordance with nonbankruptcy law applicable 
to the transfer of property by a debtor that is such a corporation 
or trust; and’’, and 
(C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘only’’ after ‘‘(2)’’, 
(14) in section 505(a)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘any law (other 
than a bankruptcy law)’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable nonbank-
ruptcy law’’, 
(15) in section 507(a)(8)(A)(ii) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’, 
(16) in section 521(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the debtor shall’’, and 
(II) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the debtor shall’’, and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end, and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘except that’’, and 
(B) in paragraphs (3) and (4) by inserting ‘‘is’’ after 
‘‘auditor’’, 
(17) in section 522— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘at’’ the 1st place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘to’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘at’’ the 2d place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘in’’, and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘section 523(a)(5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such paragraph’’, 
(18) in section 523(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)(II) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon, and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 
(19) in section 524(k)— 
(A) in the last undesignated paragraph of the quoted 
matter in paragraph (3)(J)(i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘security property’’ the 1st place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘property securing the lien’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘current value of the security prop-
erty’’ and inserting ‘‘amount of the allowed secured 
claim’’, and 
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(iii) in the last sentence by inserting ‘‘must’’ after 
‘‘you’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(B) by striking ‘‘that’’ and inserting 
‘‘that,’’, 
(20) in section 526(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘untrue and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘untrue or’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘a’’ after ‘‘preparer’’, 
(21) in the 3d sentence of the 4th undesignated paragraph 
of the quoted matter in section 527(b), by striking ‘‘Schedules 
and Statement of Financial Affairs, as well as in some cases 
a Statement of Intention’’ and inserting ‘‘Schedules, and State-
ment of Financial Affairs, and in some cases a Statement 
of Intention,’’, 
(22) in section 541(b)(6)(B) by striking ‘‘section 529(b)(7)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 529(b)(6)’’, 
(23) in section 554(c) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 
(24) in section 704(a)(3) by striking ‘‘521(2)(B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘521(a)(2)(B)’’, 
(25) in section 707— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘521’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(I) by inserting ‘‘of the 
filing’’ after ‘‘date’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(i) of such paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(A)(i)’’, 
(26) in section 723(c) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding section 
728(c) of this title, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’, 
(27) in section 724(b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘507(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘507(a)(1)(C) 
or 507(a)(2)’’, 
(B) by inserting ‘‘under each such section’’ after 
‘‘expenses’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(C) by striking ‘‘chapter 7 of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘this chapter’’, and 
(D) by striking ‘‘507(a)(2),’’ and inserting ‘‘507(a)(1)(A), 
507(a)(1)(B),’’, 
(28) in section 726(b) by striking ‘‘or (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(8), (9), or (10)’’, 
(29) in section 901(a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘333,’’ after ‘‘301,’’, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘351,’’ after ‘‘350(b)’’, 
(30) in section 1104— 
(A) in subsection (a) 
(i) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end, 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 
a period, and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3), and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’, 
(31) in section 1106(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘704’’ and inserting 
‘‘704(a)’’, and 
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(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 
(32) in section 1111(a) by striking ‘‘521(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)(1)’’, 
(33) amending section 1112— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (c), 
on request of a party in interest, and after notice and a hearing, 
the court shall convert a case under this chapter to a case under 
chapter 7 or dismiss a case under this chapter, whichever is in 
the best interests of creditors and the estate, for cause unless 
the court determines that the appointment under section 1104(a) 
of a trustee or an examiner is in the best interests of creditors 
and the estate.’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) The court may not convert a case under this chapter 
to a case under chapter 7 or dismiss a case under this chapter 
if the court finds and specifically identifies unusual circumstances 
establishing that converting or dismissing the case is not in the 
best interests of creditors and the estate, and the debtor or any 
other party in interest establishes that—’’, and 
(II) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘granting 
such relief’’ and inserting ‘‘converting or dismissing 
the case’’, and 
(B) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘521’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)’’, 
(34) in section 1127(f)(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’, 
(35) in section 1129(a)(16) by striking ‘‘of the plan’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under the plan’’, 
(36) in section 1141(d)(5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) subparagraph (C) permits the court to grant a 
discharge; and’’, and 
(B) in subparagraph (C) — 
(i) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and inserting ‘‘the court 
may grant a discharge if,’’, 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon, and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘and if the requirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) are met.’’, 
(37) in section 1145(b) by striking ‘‘2(11)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2(a)(11)’’, 
(38) in section 1202(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘704(2), 704(3), 704(5), 
704(6), 704(7), and 704(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘704(a)(2), 
704(a)(3), 704(a)(5), 704(a)(6), 704(a)(7), and 704(a)(9)’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘704(8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘704(a)(8)’’, 
(39) in section 1302(b)(1) by striking ‘‘704(2), 704(3), 704(4), 
704(5), 704(6), 704(7), and 704(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘704(a)(2), 
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704(a)(3), 
704(a)(4), 
704(a)(5), 
704(a)(6), 
704(a)(7), 
and 
704(a)(9)’’, 
(40) in section 1304(c) by striking ‘‘704(8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘704(a)(8)’’, 
(41) in section 1307— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (f)’’, 
(ii) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘521’’ and inserting 
‘‘521(a)’’, and 
(iii) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘521’’ and 
inserting ‘‘521(a)’, and 
(B) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’, 
(42) in section 1308(b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’, 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’, and 
(C) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’, 
(43) in section 1322(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘(1)’’, 
(C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘(2)’’, 
(D) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘claims,’’, 
and 
(E) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘a plan’’, 
(44) in section 1325— 
(A) in the last sentence of subsection (a) by inserting 
‘‘period’’ after ‘‘910-day’’, and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) by striking ‘‘548(d)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘548(d)(3))’’, 
(45) in the heading of section 1511 by inserting ‘‘, 302,’’ 
after ‘‘301’’, 
(46) in section 1519(f) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ and inserting 
‘‘362(o)’’, 
(47) in section 1521(f) by striking ‘‘362(n)’’ and inserting 
‘‘362(o)’’, 
(48) in section 1529(1) by inserting ‘‘is’’ after ‘‘States’’, 
(49) in the table of sections of chapter 3, by striking the 
item relating to section 333 and inserting the following: 
‘‘333. Appointment of patient care ombudsman.’’, and 
(50) in the table of sections of chapter 5, by striking the 
item relating to section 562 and inserting the following: 
‘‘562. Timing of damage measure in connection with swap agreements, securities 
contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agree-
ments, and master netting agreements.’’. 
(b) TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 157 of 
title 18, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘bankruptcy’’, and 
(2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking ‘‘, including a 
fraudulent involuntary bankruptcy petition under section 303 
of such title’’. 
(c) TITLE 28 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.— 
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124 STAT. 3563 
PUBLIC LAW 111–327—DEC. 22, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6198: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Sept. 28, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 16, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
(1) 
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO
APPEALS.—Section 
158(d)(2)(D) of title 28 of the United States Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘appeal in’’ and inserting ‘‘appeal is’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS.— 
Section 159(c)(3)(H) of title 28 of the United States Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the’’ after ‘‘against’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 586(a) of title 28 
of the United States Code is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) is amended by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon, 
(B) in paragraph (7)(C) by striking ‘‘identify’’ and 
inserting ‘‘determine’’, and 
(C) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘the United States 
trustee shall’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO PUBLIC LAW 109–8. 
Section 1406(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 is amended by striking 
‘‘cept’’ and inserting ‘‘Except’’. 
Approved December 22, 2010. 
11 USC 507 note. 
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