[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1529 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 1529

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                                 AN ACT

    To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the 
                dismissal of certain involuntary cases.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1529

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the 
                dismissal of certain involuntary cases.

    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 ``Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 303 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(l)(1) If--
            ``(A) the petition under this section is false or contains 
        any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement;
            ``(B) the debtor is an individual; and
            ``(C) the court dismisses such petition;
the court, upon motion of the debtor, shall expunge from the records of 
the court such petition, all the records relating to such petition in 
particular, and all references to such petition.
    ``(2) If the debtor is an individual and the court dismisses a 
petition under this section, the court may enter an order prohibiting 
all consumer reporting agencies (as defined in section 603 of the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act) from making any consumer report (as defined in 
section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act) that contains any 
information relating to such petition or to the case commenced by the 
filing of such petition.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.