3.0.0 242 2023-01-11T13:43:38Z 2023-01-11T13:43:38Z House HR 2021-01-11 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DEAN:H.R. 242.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H123]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee Referred to 2021-03-04T17:15:25Z Referred to 2021-01-11T16:05:15Z 2021-03-04 hsju05 Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Committee 2021-01-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2021-01-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-01-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000631 Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] Madeleine Dean D PA 4 N N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] JERROLD NADLER D NY 10 2021-01-11 True Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Housing finance and home ownership Property tax Finance and Financial Sector 00 2021-01-11 Introduced in House 2021-04-14T16:12:21Z Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021

This bill increases the homestead exemption an individual debtor can claim in a bankruptcy to $100,000. The homestead exemption allows a debtor to exempt from property of the estate the debtor's interest in property used as the debtor's residence or interest in a burial plot for the debtor.

]]> Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 Display Title Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase the amount of the allowable homestead exemption. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr242ih/xml/BILLS-117hr242ih.xml 2021-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.