[House Document 115-36]
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115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-36
 
                   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 SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2075; PUBLIC LAW 
 88-623, SEC. 1 (AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 103-394, SEC. 104(f)); (108 
                              STAT. 4110)

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May 4, 2017.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to 
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                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 27, 2017.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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 Rules of Bankruptcy 
Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
United States pursuant to Section 2075 of Title 28, United 
States Code.
    Accompanying these rules are the following materials that 
were submitted to the Court for its consideration pursuant to 
Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code:
    (1) a transmittal letter to the Court dated September 28, 
2016, concerning Bankruptcy Rules 1001, 1006, and 1015, 
followed by redline versions of those rules and excerpts from 
related reports of the rules committees; and
    (2) a transmittal letter to the Court dated March 16, 2017, 
concerning amended Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 3002, 3007, 3012, 
3015, 4003, 5009, 7001, and 9009, and new Rule 3015.1, followed 
by redline versions of those rules and excerpts from related 
reports of the rules committees.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.


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