[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 188 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 188

  To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
                   Code, relating to family farmers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
                   Code, relating to family farmers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT REENACTMENT OF CHAPTER 12.

    (a) Reenactment.--Chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, as 
reenacted by section 149 of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), 
is reenacted.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 302 of the Bankruptcy, Judges, 
United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 (28 
U.S.C. 581 note) is amended by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on 
July 1, 2000.
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