3.0.0 1343 2023-01-15T17:04:09Z 2023-01-15T17:04:09Z Senate S S 2003-06-26 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-26T18:41:25Z Equal Treatment of Pensions and Bankruptcy Act of 2003 108 2609 HR 2003-09-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS 2003-06-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC N Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Commerce Corporation directors Debtor and creditor Estates (Law) Executives Labor and Employment Law Liens Tax-deferred compensation plans Taxation Trusts and trustees Finance and Financial Sector 00 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-03T15:24:27Z Equal Treatment of Pensions and Bankruptcy Act of 2003 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to authorize the
bankruptcy trustee to avoid a transfer of a debtor's interest in property to any trust or similar arrangement to
fund supplemental retirement benefits or other deferred compensation for the benefit of an insider or other
management employee made on or within one year before the bankruptcy petition filing date.

Authorizes the bankruptcy court, upon request of a party in interest or a committee of creditors, to allow such
party or committee to commence and prosecute specified proceedings if the trustee either consents, or fails to
commence such proceedings, and if the court finds that doing so is in the best interest of the estate and for the
benefit of the estate.

]]> Equal Treatment of Pensions and Bankruptcy Act of 2003 Display Title Equal Treatment of Pensions and Bankruptcy Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for the avoidance of certain transfers, and the alternative prosecution of certain actions, relating to certain retirement benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Equal Treatment of Pensions and Bankruptcy Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-06-26T04:00:00Z 2003-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.