Earlier Version of Statute

This page shows unanimous consent that the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to make technical and clerical corrections in the engrossment of the original 1978 Bankruptcy Code, involving Senate amendment to H.R. 8200. The 1978 original Bankruptcy Code, the Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, the version of the Code prior to the 2005 amendment, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 Code are available as Primary Sources.

This is the original 1978 version of the Bankruptcy Code. The Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, the 2005 Bankruptcy Code prior to those amendments, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 Code are available as Primary Sources. The portions of the current version of the Bankruptcy Code relevant to consumer bankruptcy and the current version of other relevant bankruptcy statutes are available in NCLC's Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice Appendix A.

This is the Bankruptcy Code prior to its amendment by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 that extensively amended the Bankruptcy Code to make bankruptcy filings more difficult for consumers and their attorneys. The 1978 original Bankruptcy Code, the Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 Code are available as Primary Sources.

This is the full text of the public law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 that extensively amended the Bankruptcy Code to make bankruptcy filings more difficult for consumers and their attorneys. The original 1978 version of the Code, the version of the Code prior to this 2005 Act, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 version of the Code are available as Primary Sources.

This is a redlined version showing the changes made by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 that extensively amended the Bankruptcy Code to make bankruptcy filings more difficult for consumers and their attorneys. The original 1978 version of the Bankruptcy Code, the Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, and the Bankruptcy Code prior to those amendments, are available as Primary Sources.