[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 178 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 178

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2001

 Mr. Wellstone (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Conrad, and 
  Mr. Dorgan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11, 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, 
112 Stat. 2681-610), 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 be deemed to have 
taken effect on July 1, 2000.
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