Congress states the Act leaves the chapter 7 filing fee and fee waivers alone
What the document says“This Act will not alter the filing fee under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, and will not modify, impair, or supersede the current authority of the district courts of the United States, or of bankruptcy courts, to waive the payment of filing fees by indigent individuals.”
The tenth and last finding. Congress states that the Act does not change the chapter 7 filing fee, and does not touch the power the district courts and the bankruptcy courts already hold to waive filing fees for people who cannot afford them. This is a statement in the findings section rather than a rule of construction placed in the operative text.
What the document actually says“This Act will not alter the filing fee under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, and will not modify, impair, or supersede the current authority of the district courts of the United States, or of bankruptcy courts, to waive the payment of filing fees by indigent individuals.”
Congress says this law does not change the fee to file. It does not change who can skip the fee.
A court can let a person with no money skip the fee. That power stays as it was. This statement sits in the list of reasons, not in a rule.
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