BANKRUPTCY

Amendments

Taxation: exclusion of certain net capital gain of insolvent taxpayers from alternative minimum tax (S. 418), 22428 [1AU]

Analyses

Farm Debt Restructuring CA Modified Debt Recovery Program: Communicating for Agriculture, 5837 [20MR]

Preservation of the Jurisdictional Provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1346), 4266 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Bankruptcies Double in Gloucester County, 18539 [10JY]

More Mid-Size Farms Facing Bankruptcy, 6167 [26MR]

Only 61 Farmers Aided by Loan Guarantees, 6167 [26MR]

Schroeder ``Farm Bill'', 16929 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: preserve rights of certain parties with interest in aircraft, aircraft parts, or vessels in bankruptcy cases (see S. 1993)

Agricultural Bank Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1943)

Agriculture: capital worth certificates as partial payment for purchase of foreclosed farmland or mortgages (see H.R. 2901)

———computing family contributions in college assistance for students affected by sale or forfeiture of family farm assets (see H.R. 2481)

———exemption from minimum tax for capital gains on sales of property by insolvent farmers (see H.R. 2277)

———FDIC protection of agreement worked out with borrower prior to bank's failure (see S. 1824)

———proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see S. 1516)

———proceedings involving family farmers (see S. 1342)

———proceedings relative to farmers (see H.R. 1397, 1399)

———tax relief for certain insolvent farmers (see S. 1341)

Airlines: prohibit certain acquisitions during operation under bankruptcy laws (see H.R. 2870)

Bank liquidations: implement reform (see H.R. 2608)

Bankruptcy and Federal Judgeship Act: technical amendments (see S. 529; H.R. 1346)

Banks and banking: tax exclusion of frozen interest from deposit or account in bankrupt or insolvent institutions (see H.R. 1938)

California: increase number of bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 2883)

Courts: additional bankruptcy judges (see S. 1923)

———appointment and role of U.S. trustees in judicial districts (see H.R. 2660)

———proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211)

———U.S. trustees to supervise administration of bankruptcy cases (see S. 1961; H.R. 3664)

Family Farm Homestead Protection Act: enact (see S. 1196)

Family Farm Reorganization Act: enact (see S. 705)

Farm Credit System: purchase of foreclosed farmland (see H.R. 3619)

Farmers Home Administration: improve disposition of acquired farmland (see S. 1844)

Federal Ship Financing Program: protect Government interest as a secured creditor (see H.R. 2816)

Fish and fisheries: reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners (see S. 1992)

Florida: additional bankruptcy judges for middle district (see S. 1859; H.R. 3907)

Illinois: additional bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 1393)

———additional judge (see S. 738)

Iowa: increase number of bankruptcy judges authorized for northern and southern districts (see S. 1289; H.R. 2736)

Securities Investor Protection Act: amend (see S. 922)

Senate Legal Counsel: representation in In re WHET, Inc., et al. (see S. Res. 136)

Shipbuilding: administration of Loan Guarantee Program (see H.R. 3571, 3572)

Support of dependents: prevent discharge of administratively ordered obligations (see S. 1889)

Taxation: exclusion of certain net capital gain of insolvent taxpayers from alternative minimum tax (see S. 418)

———exemption from minimum tax for capital gains on sales of property by insolvent farmers (see H.R. 2277)

———loss or unavailability of interest as result of (see H.R. 3499)

Texas: additional bankruptcy judges for southern district (see H.R. 3922, 3933)

———increase number of bankruptcy judges in southern district (see H.R. 3952)

Utah: additional bankruptcy judge (see S. 618)

Explanations

Agricultural Bank Assistance Act (S. 1943), 36430 [13DE]

Letters

Criminal Accountability Act: John J. Kelly, 34032 [3DE]

Extension of bankruptcy chapter 13 to farmers: Frank R. Kennedy, 16927 [24JN]

———George C. Paine II, 16925 [24JN]

———Herbert M. Graves, 16924 [24JN]

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Cindia L. Baltz, 16181 [18JN]

———Harold and Mary Sand, 15990 [17JN]

———Hickory Hill Farm, Inc., 15796 [13JN]

Preservation of the jurisdictional provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1346): SEC, 4268 [28FE]

———Securities Investor Protection Corp., 4267 [28FE]

Prevention of discharge of administratively ordered support obligations by bankruptcy declaration: Margaret M. Heckler, 33674 [2DE]

Memorials of legislature

Indiana, 7803 [15AP]

Massachusetts, 7803 [15AP]

North Dakota, 5987 [21MR], 7027 [2AP]

Remarks in House

Crime and criminals: make any debt arising from judgment or consent decree requiring restitution by debtor nondischargeable (H.R. 3742), 31830 [14NO], 34031 [3DE]

Crompton Inc., 9200 [24AP]

Family Farm Bankruptcy Act: enact, 19249 [16JY]

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1399), 15796 [13JN]

———enact (H.R. 2211), 15746 [13JN], 15990 [17JN], 16923-16930 [24JN], 32483 [19NO]

Federal Ship Financing Program: protect interest of U.S. as secured creditor (H.R. 2816), 16746 [20JN]

Securities Investor Protection Act: preserve the jurisdictional provisions (H.R. 1346), 4266 [28FE]

Texas: number of bankruptcy judges in southern district (H.R. 3952), 36760 [16DE]

U.S. trustees: appointment provisions and role (H.R. 2660), 14238-14239 [4JN]

Vessels and fisheries: reform law (H.R. 3571), 27739, 27757 [16OC]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: preserve rights of certain parties with interest in aircraft, aircraft parts, or vessels in bankruptcy cases (S. 1993), 38587 [19DE]

Agricultural Bank Assistance Act: enact (S. 1943), 36428 [13DE]

Agriculture: family farm debt reorganization (S. 705), 5823 [20MR]

———family farm debt reorganization (S. 719), 5837 [20MR]

———FDIC protection of agreement worked out with borrower prior to bank's failure (S. 1824), 30420 [4NO]

———federally chartered entity to purchase distressed farm assets, 17380 [26JN]

———loan guarantee funds for Debt Adjustment Program, 18305 [10JY]

———proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (S. 1516), 20952 [29JY]

———proceedings involving family farmers (S. 1342), 16796 [21JN]

———tax relief for certain insolvent farmers (S. 1341), 16792 [21JN]

Bankruptcy: provide for temporary occupation of foreclosed residences, 32247 [18NO]

CCC: direct payment to producers if processors enter bankruptcy, 33224 [22NO]

Courts: additional bankruptcy judges (S. 1923), 35930 [11DE]

Family Farm Homestead Protection Act: enact (S. 1196), 13260 [22MY]

Farmers Home Administration: improve disposition of acquired farmland (S. 1844), 31178 [7NO]

Fish and fisheries: reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners (S. 1992), 38587 [19DE]

Illinois: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (S. 738), 6141 [26MR]

Iowa: additional bankruptcy judges, 33072-33075 [20NO]

———increase number of bankruptcy judges authorized for northern and southern districts (S. 1289), 15356 [12JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: treatment of pensions, 38509 [19DE]

Regulations: clarify (S. 529), 3778 [27FE], 24421 [20SE], 26898 [9OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing intervention in a legal case (S. Res. 240), 28065 [18OC]

———representation in In re WHET, Inc., et al. (S. Res. 136), 8387 [18AP]

Support of dependents: prevent discharge of administratively ordered obligations (S. 1889), 33673 [2DE]

Taxation: exclusion of certain net capital gain of insolvent taxpayers from alternative minimum tax (S. 418), 1981 [6FE]

U.S. Trustees Act: enact (S. 1961), 36876-36881 [17DE]

Utah: appointment of additional bankruptcy judge (S. 618), 4869 [7MR]

Reports

Bankruptcy Proceedings Involving Debtors Who Are Family Farmers: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2211) (H. Rept. 99-178), 16580 [20JN]

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act (excerpt), 16925 [24JN]

Summaries

Preservation of the Jurisdictional Provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1346), 4267 [28FE]

Tables

Caseloads of Illinois bankruptcy judges, 6142 [26MR]

Texts of

H.R. 3742, Criminal Accountability Act, 34032 [3DE]

S. 528, clarify bankruptcy regulations, 3779 [27FE]

S. 719, Modified Agricultural Debt Recovery Act, 5837 [20MR]

S. 738, appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Illinois, 6142 [26MR]

S. 1341, Agricultural Land Value Tax Act, 16795 [21JN]

S. 1342, bankruptcy proceedings involving family farmers, 16796 [21JN]

S. 1516, bankruptcy proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers, 20952 [29JY]

S. 1844, improve disposition of farmland acquired by Farmer's Home Administration, 31179 [7NO]

S. 1889, prevent discharge of administratively ordered support obligations, 33674 [2DE]

S. 1943, Agricultural Bank Assistance Act, 36430 [13DE]

S. 1961, U.S. Trustees Act, 36877-36881 [17DE]

S. 1992, reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners, 38587 [19DE]

S. 1993, preserve rights of certain parties with interest in aircraft, aircraft parts, or vessels in bankruptcy cases, 38588 [19DE]

S. Res. 136, Senate Legal Counsel representation in In re WHET, Inc., et al., 8377, 8388 [18AP]