[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5178 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5178

To amend section 507(a) title 11 of the United States Code to increase, 
with respect to priority of payment, the aggregate amount of the claims 
              of employees for compensation and benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2002

  Mr. Shows (for himself and Mr. Kanjorski) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 507(a) title 11 of the United States Code to increase, 
with respect to priority of payment, the aggregate amount of the claims 
              of employees for compensation and benefits.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Treatment of Compensation in 
Bankruptcy Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 507(a) of title 11, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ``$4,000'' and inserting ``$13,500''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code after July 19, 
2002.
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