3.0.0 2533 2023-01-11T13:22:45Z 2023-01-11T13:22:45Z House H HR 2011-07-14 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMITH of Texas:H.R. 2533.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Bankruptcy Clause);Article III, Section 1 (the power of Congress to establishinferior federal courts)[Page H5086]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Hearings by 2011-09-08T18:46:14Z Referred to 2011-08-25T19:52:00Z Referred to 2011-07-14T14:03:25Z 2011-09-08 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2011-08-25 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Committee 2011-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2011-07-14 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2011-07-14 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2011-07-14 True Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Federal district courts Jurisdiction and venue Finance and Financial Sector 00 2011-07-14 Introduced in House 2011-09-22T18:06:10Z Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require chapter 11 (Reorganization) bankruptcy cases filed by corporations to be commenced in the district court for the district in which: (1) the corporation's principal place of business or principal assets in the United States have been located for one year immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-year period than such corporation's U.S. principal place of business or principal assets were located in any other district; or (2) an affiliate of such corporation has a liquidation case pending, if the affiliate owns, controls, or holds with power to vote over 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation.

Applies such venue requirements only to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.

]]> Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 Display Title Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28 of the United States Code with respect to proper venue for cases filed by corporations under chapter 11 of title 11 of such Code. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2533ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2533ih.xml 2011-09-08 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.