BANKRUPTCY FEES.

SEC. 418. BANKRUPTCY FEES. Section 1930 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking “Notwithstanding section 1915 of this title, the” and inserting “The”; and119 STAT. 109(2) by adding at the end the following:“(f)(1) Under the procedures prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the district court or the bankruptcy court may waive the filing fee in a case under chapter 7 of title 11 for an individual if the court determines that such individual has income less than 150 percent of the income official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981) applicable to a family of the size involved and is unable to pay that fee in installments. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘filing fee’ means the filing fee required by subsection (a), or any other fee prescribed by the Judicial Conference under subsections (b) and (c) that is payable to the clerk upon the commencement of a case under chapter 7.“(2) The district court or the bankruptcy court may waive for such debtors other fees prescribed under subsections (b) and (c).“(3) This subsection does not restrict the district court or the bankruptcy court from waiving, in accordance with Judicial Conference policy, fees prescribed under this section for other debtors and creditors.”.