Number: RS22135
Title: Effective Dates of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
Authors: Robin Jeweler, American Law Division 
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.
Pages: 2
Date: May 3, 2005