Congress states the Act leaves the chapter 7 filing fee and fee waivers alone
To amend titles 11 and 28, United States Code, to modify the compensation payable to trustees serving in cases under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, to extend the term of certain temporary offices of bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Congress states the Act leaves the chapter 7 filing fee and fee waivers alone
The document says “should”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
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.”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says this law does not change the fee to file. It does not change who can skip the fee.
What this is about
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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Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, Public Law 119-76, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 740 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ76/html/PLAW-119publ76.htm
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“Congress states the Act leaves the chapter 7 filing fee and fee waivers alone,” Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/bankruptcy-administration-improvement-act-2025/proposal/sec02-filing-fee-and-waivers-unchanged/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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