Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009

Summary

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Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 - (Sec. 1) Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income). Excludes from computation of debts the secured or unsecured portions of: (1) debts secured by the debtor's principal residence if the current value of that residence is less than the secured debt limit;...

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Bill Progress

Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(1/6/09)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. CONYERS

(D) MI – 14

Cosponsors (17)

Grijalva

(D) AZ

Delahunt

(D) MA

KUCINICH

(D) OH

GUTIERREZ

(D) IL

BERMAN

(D) CA

Waters

House (D) California

LEWIS

(D) GA

JACKSON LEE

(D) TX

Sánchez

House (D) California

Scott

House (D) Virginia

Topics

Business & Finance

Latest Action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 7.

Feb 24, 2009

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