113 HR 5132 IH: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-07-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5132 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2014 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 11 of the United States Code to dispense with the requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2014.

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Amendment

Section 366 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section in a case in which the debtor is an individual, if the debtor pays in the 20-day period beginning on the date of the order for relief debts owed to a utility for service provided during such period and thereafter pays when due debts owed to such utility for service provided during the pendency of the case, then the debtor may not be required to furnish assurance of payment..