,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#aa of the ,united ,states ,code to     
dispense with the requirement of        
providing assurance of payment for      
utility services under certain          
circumstances4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,preventing    
,termination of ,utility ,services in   
,bankruptcy ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,amendment ,section #cff of title #aa1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7d7   
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section in a case in which the     
debtor is an individual1 if the debtor  
pays in the #bj-;day period beginning on
 the date of the order for relief debts 
owed to a utility for service provided  
during such period and thereafter pays  

when due debts owed to such utility for 
service provided during the pendency of 
the case1 then the debtor may not be    
required to furnish assurance of        
payment4  4