Two Key Provisions in the Bankruptcy Reform Act Conference Report: The Homestead Exemption and Dischargeability of Liability for Violations of Laws Relating to the Provision of "Lawful Goods and Services"

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Banking and finance

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This report examines two key provisions in the Conference Report on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002, H.Rept. 107-617, 107th Cong., 2d Sess. (2002): the homestead exemption and dischargeability of liability for violation of laws relating to the provision of lawful goods and services (known as the "Schumer Amendment").