[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1999

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                      THURMOND AMENDMENT NO. 2478

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. THURMOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 625) to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other 
purposes, as follows:

       On page 124, insert between lines 14 and 15 the following:

     SEC. 322. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION IN MATTERS INVOLVING 
                   BANKRUPTCY PROFESSIONALS.

       Section 1334 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (e)(2), and 
     notwithstanding''; and
       (2) amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
       ``(e) The district court in which a case under title 11 is 
     commenced or is pending shall have exclusive jurisdiction--
       ``(1) of all the property, wherever located, of the debtor 
     as of the commencement of such case, and of property of the 
     estate; and
       ``(2) over all matters relating to that case concerning the 
     employment and compensation of professional persons arising 
     out of or related to their employment and performance or 
     nonperformance of the duties undertaken in connection with 
     their employment.''.

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