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Publication Date: May 2005
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Banking and finance
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Abstract:
The means test and consumer provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), P.L. 109-8, will become operative on October 17, 2005. Other provisions of the law, cited below, took effect on the date of enactment, April 20, 2005, or will take effect at another future date.