House Proceeding on Dec 6th, 2006 :: 6:09:27 to 6:13:54
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Speech By: John Jr.Conyers

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John Jr.Conyers: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill senate 444, the relidge ost -- 4044,

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: the religious liberty and charitable donation clarification act of 2006. the clerk: senate 4044, an act to clarify the treatment of certain charitable contributions under title 1 united states

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Speech By: F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: code. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, will each control 20 minutes of this debate. the

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: chair now recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: and include extraneous material on senate 4044 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman's request is so ordered. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker,

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker, i rise in support of s. 4044, the religious liberty and charitable

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: donation clarification act of 2006. the protection act of 1998 was signed into law by president clinton. this bipartisan measure introduced by senator hatch sought to protect the rights of debtors

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: that continue to make religious and charitable contributions after they file for bankruptcy relief. in addition the act protects religious and charitable organizations from having to turn

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to bankruptcy companies. as many of you will recall, a major overhaul of the bankruptcy code was enacted last year as the bankruptcy abuse prevention act. the clear intent of that act was not to disturb

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the rights of debtors to continue to make charitable contributions or to tie it pursuant to the 1998 act. nonetheless, at least one contrude bankruptcy code 1335, amended by the 2005 act to prohibit

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chapter 13 debtors with above median incomes from making charitable contributions. to address this confusion, this bill simply clarifies that a chapter 13 debtor who is subject to 1325 b-3 of the bankruptcy

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: code may make charitable contributions or tide to the same extent in accordance to the bankruptcy code section 1335 b-2 . s. 4044 is a bipartisan measure that makes good sense. donations are used

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: by religious or charitable organizations to fund valuable services to society to serve the common good. this principle, for example, is recognized in the internal revenue codes provisions concerning

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: the deductibility of certain charitable contributions. individuals who for religious or for other reasons wish to donate to such organizations even if they are in bankruptcy themselves should not be deprived

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: of this right. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan.

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. conn and i'm pleased to rise -- mr. conyers: and i'm pleased to

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: rise in support of the religious liberty and charitable donations act of 2006. this, ladies and gentlemen, is a continuation of an effort we began in 1997 when congress responded to cases holding

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: that prepetition contributions could be deemed to be fraudulent transfers, and that the trustee could recoup these ties from the religious institutions receiving the donations. we all agree

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: that this was a clearly perverse result and to clarify the law we passed the measure religious liberty and charitable donation protection act of 1998. then a funny thing happened. this congress

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: forgot about the value of religious charity embodied in that legislation, instead fore saking the biblical injunction to forget debts and deal with the poor, this congress became a ledge sterd

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agent for the credit card industry. how? well, it's because of the aggressive overreaching of the lending industry and a congress willing to write into law any scrap of paper handed to it by