H.R. 1196, the "Health Savings Act of 2015."
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. (Sect. 5 adds property exemption to 11 USC 522 to treat HSAs the same as IRAs.)
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H.R. 870, the “Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015”
Witnesses
Mr. John A. E. Pottow Esq.
Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Ms. Melba Acosta Esq.
President
Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico
Mr. Robert Donahue
Managing Director
Municipal Market Analytics
Mr. Thomas Moers Mayer Esq.
Partner & Co-Chair, Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
H.R. 870, the “Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015”
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the adjustment of debts of municipalities.
Consumers Shortchanged? Oversight of the Justice Department’s Mortgage Lending Settlements
Witness Panel 1
- Geoffrey Graber
Deputy Associate Attorney General and Director, RMBS Working Group of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
U.S. Department of Justice
Witness Panel 2
- Paul Larkin
Senior Legal Research Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Heritage Foundation
- Ted Frank
Founder
Center for Class Action Fairness
- Cornelia Mrose
CEO
Compass Films of New York LLC
- Alan White
Professor of Law
CUNY School of Law
H.R. 9, the "Innovation Act."
To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes. (Intersection between chapter 15 and §365(n).)
S. 357, the “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015” (“FACT Act”).
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes.
H.R. 526, the “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015”
To amend title 11 of the U.S. Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos; and for other purposes.
H.R. 449, the "Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2015."
Amends the Bankruptcy Code to allow the discharge in bankruptcy of an educational loan or an obligation to repay funds received as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.