Amendment strikes the $100,000 homestead exemption cap that is in the bill and reverts back to current law; and denies the right of homestead exemption to someone who within a year of filing bankruptcy takes assets and places them into a home to avoid paying creditors.

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Amendment Number
666
Description
Amendment strikes the $100,000 homestead exemption cap that is in the bill and reverts back to current law; and denies the right of homestead exemption to someone who within a year of filing bankruptcy takes assets and places them into a home to avoid paying creditors.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 8 as printed in House Report 105-573 to prohibit a debtor from converting non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property within one year of filing for bankruptcy.
Congress
105
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 10, 1998
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Gekas amendment (A007) Agreed to by recorded vote: 222 - 204 (Roll No. 221).
Latest Action Time
18:48:18
Submitted Date
Jun 10, 1998
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 666 — Informed