[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2611 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2611

 To amend title 11, United States Code, to declare that donations to a 
 religious group or entity, made by a debtor from a sense of religious 
 obligation, such as tithes, shall be considered to have been made in 
              exchange for a reasonably equivalent value.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1997

Mrs. Chenoweth (for herself and Mr. Traficant) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 11, United States Code, to declare that donations to a 
 religious group or entity, made by a debtor from a sense of religious 
 obligation, such as tithes, shall be considered to have been made in 
              exchange for a reasonably equivalent value.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Religious Fairness in Bankruptcy Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AVOIDANCE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF TRANSFERS.

    Section 548(d) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) For the purposes of this section, a transfer of a donation to 
a religious group or entity, made by a debtor from a sense of religious 
obligation, such as tithes, shall be considered to have been made in 
exchange for a reasonably equivalent value.''.
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