S. 1931101st CongressSenate Bill

Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990

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Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to prohibit the bankruptcy court from granting a discharge to an individual debtor from any debt for: (1) death or personal injury caused by the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while the debtor was intoxicated from using alcohol, a drug, or another substance (removing the requirement under current law that the debt arise from a judgment or consent decree entered in a court of record against the debtor); and (2) restitution included in a sentence for a criminal conviction.

Introduced Nov 20, 1989
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Who introduced this

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John Danforth

Republican

U.S. Senator · MO

Bipartisan — 7 cosponsors (4 D, 3 R)

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