Number: RS20780
Title: Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Reform
Authors: Robin Jeweler, American Law Division 
Abstract: This report examines several issues that have been prominent in the debate over consumer bankruptcy reform during the last two congresses and are likely to be revisited in the 107th Congress. Considered is the proposal to impose a federal cap on the bankruptcy homestead exemption; amending the Bankruptcy Code to make liability incurred in connection with violence at reproductive health clinics nondischargeable; the effect of bankruptcy reform on debtors' child support obligations; and the linkage of the treatment of credit card debt in bankruptcy to credit marketing and lending practices under the Truth in Lending Act.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated July 24, 2001