[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1588 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1588

 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to permit all debtors to 
 exempt certain payments receivable on account of discrimination based 
  on race, color, religion, national origin, or gender, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1999

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Towns, and Mrs. Clayton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to permit all debtors to 
 exempt certain payments receivable on account of discrimination based 
  on race, color, religion, national origin, or gender, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Discrimination Judgment Protection 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the 1st sentence of subsection (b) by inserting 
        before the period at the end the following:

``, and, in addition to the property so listed, any payment on account 
of a claim of the debtor for unlawful discrimination based on race, 
color, religion, national origin, or gender'', and
            (2) in subsection (d)(11)(D) by striking ``, not to exceed 
        $15,000.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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