H.R.5827 - Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate. as introduced.
  • Short: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 as introduced.
  • Short: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 as passed house.

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08/04/10
Roll Call Report

A yes vote was to send HR 5827 to the Senate. Offshore Drilling: Members voted, 209-193, to set new safety and environmental rules for o...

Source: Wilmette Life
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08/04/10
Under stress? Keep guns

Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, was the only Connecticut congressman voting in favor of HR 5827. If passed by the Senate, it would allow a...

Source: TheDay.com
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07/31/10
Delahunt votes to pull troops from...

EXEMPTING GUNS FROM SEIZURE IN BANKRUPTCY: The House passed the Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act (HR 5827), sponsored by Rep. ...

Source: Cape Cod Today (blog)
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07/31/10
Capitol Link

The House voted 307-113 on Wednesday to send the Senate a bill (HR 5827) permitting individuals filing for bankruptcy to exempt up to th...

Source: Arizona Daily Star
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07/30/10
HOW THEY VOTED

A yes vote was to send HR 5827 to the Senate. Voting for the measure: Buchanan, Mack, Rooney; voting against: Castor. Housing, transport...

Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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07/30/10
How your lawmakers voted for Aug. ...

A yes vote was to send HR 5827 to the Senate. Housing, transportation: Members voted 251-167 to appropriate $67.4 billion in discretiona...

Source: Press of Atlantic City
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07/30/10
Here's how state members of Congre...

By a vote of 307-113, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill, HR 5827, permitting individuals filing for bankruptcy to exempt up ...

Source: Seattle Times
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07/30/10
How they voted (Aug. 1)

•HR 5827 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provis...

Source: Las Cruces Sun-News
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07/27/10
Today in Congress

Baldwin - Judiciary) HR 5827 - Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 (Rep. Boccieri - Judiciary) Conference Reports may be bro...

Source: Daily Kos (blog)
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07/27/10
"One Minutes" (15 per side)

Baldwin - Judiciary) HR 5827 - Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 (Rep. Boccieri - Judiciary) Conference Reports may be bro...

Source: Congress Matters (blog)
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11/29/10
List of U.S. Senators who voted fo...

H.R.5827 Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 – 43 hours * H.R.5849 To provide for an additional temporary extension of progra...

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11/02/10
Some Info for Mississippi Voters

Travis Childers, during his term, voted for (YEA) all of the following issues: Exempting Guns from an Estate for Bankruptcy Purposes HR 5...

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10/30/10
NRA's Shot in the Dark for NC's Sh...

VOTED this year for the Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act (H.R. 5827 in the 111th Congress), which would ensure that a person who f...

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10/21/10
UtahConcealedCarry.Com • View topi...

(from http://www.jasonforcongress.com/Issues/) Voted for pro-gun bill HR 5827. Karen Hyer (Democrat): “I support our Second Amendment rig...

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10/20/10
H.R. 5827: Protecting Gun Owners i...

H.R. 5827: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 National 2A Issues.

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10/20/10
Bankruptcy Law: Now Guns Are Prote...

Though controversial, the “Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010″ (H.R. 5827) passed by a vote of 307-113. Congressman John Boc...

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10/20/10
Do I get to keep my gun if I file ...

The answer may be “YES,” thanks to a new bill just passed in Congress by the House. Under the new law (HR 5827 “Protecting Gun Owners in ...

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10/12/10
House to Vote on Exempting Guns Fr...

Read the article here. HR5827 -- Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010.

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10/02/10
Dot Calm's Page of Truth & Seditio...

370) H.R. 5827, Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act 371) H.R. 5850, FY 2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act 372) H.R. 5901, Rea...

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09/24/10
Florida Squeezed: "Let Us Not Be N...

However, I did make firearms exempt from repossession during bankrupcy, but that was only for businesses - not individuals like you (H.R....

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