[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6349 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6349

  To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase the maximum 
 amount that may be paid to trustees for services rendered; to repeal 
  provisions relating the trustee administration of certain employee 
                 pension plans; and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2012

    Mr. Ross of Florida (for himself, Mr. Coble, and Mr. Johnson of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase the maximum 
 amount that may be paid to trustees for services rendered; to repeal 
  provisions relating the trustee administration of certain employee 
                 pension plans; and for other purposes.

    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 ``Bankruptcy Administration 
Improvement Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES IN CASES UNDER CHAPTER 7.

    Title 11 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 104--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by inserting ``330(b)(2),'' after 
                        ``303(b),'',
                            (ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end,
                            (iii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``except as 
                                provided in paragraph (3),'' after 
                                ``(2)'', and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and'', and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) with respect to the amount specified in section 
        330(b)(2), to round to the nearest $5 the dollar amount that 
        represents such change.'', and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by inserting ``330(b)(2),'' 
                after ``303(b),'', and
            (2) in section 330--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a)(7) to read as 
                follows:
    ``(7) In determining the amount of reasonable compensation to be 
awarded to a trustee under chapter 7, the court shall treat such 
compensation as a commission, based on section 326(a).'', and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ``$15'' and 
                inserting ``$75''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF FILING FEES IN CASES UNDER CHAPTER 7.

    The last sentence of section 1930(f)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``(excluding any part of such fee that is 
required under section 330(b) of title 11 to be paid to a trustee and 
that such individual is able to pay in installments)'' after 
``subsection (a)''.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN 
              EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 521(a) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by adding ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (6) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        period, and
            (3) by striking paragraph (7).
    (b) Duties of Trustees.--Section 704(a) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (10) by adding ``and'' at the end,
            (2) by striking paragraph (11), and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (11).
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1106(a)(1) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``(11),''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of 
the 1st month that begins more than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code on or after the effective date of this Act.
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