    [House Document 109-25]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-25

            AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE

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                                 COMMUNICATION

                                      from

           THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  TRANSMITTING

    AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN
                ADOPTED BY THE COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072

    May 9, 2005.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to
                                   be printed
                              LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

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                            Supreme Court of the United States,
                                        Washington, DC, April 25, 2005.
    Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
    Speaker of the House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC.
        Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the
    Congress the amendments to the Federal Bankruptcy Rules of
    Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the
    United States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United
    States Code.
        Accompanying these rules are excerpts from the report of
    the Judicial Conference of the United States containing the
    Committee Notes submitted to the Court for its consideration
    pursuant to Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
                Sincerely,
                                          William H. Rehnquist,
                                                         Chief Justice.