bankruptcy, reform, 1978, tooltip, public, united, states, stat, 2549, november, 1978, united, states, congress, regulating, bankruptcy, long, titlean, establish, uniform, subject, bankruptcies, enacted, bythe, 95th, united, states, congresseffectivenovember, . The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 95 598 92 Stat 2549 November 6 1978 is a United States Act of Congress regulating bankruptcy Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978Long titleAn act to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies Enacted bythe 95th United States CongressEffectiveNovember 6 1978CitationsPublic law95 598Statutes at Large92 Stat 2549CodificationTitles amended11 U S C BankruptcyU S C sections created11 U S C ch 1Legislative historyIntroduced in the House as H R 8200 by Don Edwards D CA on July 11 1977Committee consideration by House Judiciary Senate JudiciaryPassed the House on February 1 1978 405 4 Passed the Senate on September 7 1978 51 20 in lieu of S 2266 with amendmentHouse agreed to Senate amendment on September 28 1978 agreed with further amendmentSenate agreed to House amendment on October 5 1978 agreed Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 6 1978 The current Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 1978 by 101 of the Act which generally became effective on October 1 1979 The current Code completely replaced the former Bankruptcy Act of 1898 sometimes called the Nelson Act Act of July 1 1898 ch 541 30 Stat 544 The current Code has been amended multiple times since 1978 See e g Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 This Act prohibits employment discrimination against anyone who has declared bankruptcy See also editBankruptcy Act nbsp This United States federal legislation article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 amp oldid 1172121953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
