Bankruptcy Relief and Natural Disaster Victims.

Considers whether bankruptcy law in general, and P.L. 109-8, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, in particular, may present unique and unreasonable challenges to financial recovery for those whose life, livelihood, and/or home have been damaged or destroyed by Hurric...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Considers whether bankruptcy law in general, and P.L. 109-8, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, in particular, may present unique and unreasonable challenges to financial recovery for those whose life, livelihood, and/or home have been damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Summarizes bills introduced in the 109th Congress to address the issue of bankruptcy relief for Katrina victims.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.