BANKRUPTCY

Addresses

United Steelworkers of America: Senator Heinz, 19273 [9JY]

Amendments

Insurance: extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (S. 1783), 27820, 27843 [14OC]

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 21095, 21096, 21143, 21144 [24JY]

Southern Industrial Banking Corp.: relief for depositors (S. 509), 6676-6678 [24MR]

Articles and editorials

Excellent Bankruptcy Law Saving Family Farms—Lawyer, 22814 [6AU]

FADA Out of Favor With Many Realtors, 23456-23458 [7AU]

Farm Saga—Chapter 12 Tells of Hope, 22814 [6AU]

Insurance Failures Predicted, 13839 [27MY]

Insurance Failures Pressure States' Bailout Funds, 7740 [1AP]

1929 Parallel, 14612 [4JN]

Todd Shipyards, 25930 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: family farmers (see S. 565; H.R. 1152)

Airlines: protection of passengers holding unused tickets on certain air carriers (see S. 1965)

——seating of persons holding tickets from bankrupt companies (see H.R. 2491)

Alaska: additional bankruptcy judgeship (see S. 1983)

Avoidable transfers: exception to certain provisions of law (see H.R. 2501)

Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (see S. 1017)

Banks and banking: depositors in insolvent financial institutions (see S. 566)

Business: extend certain protections (see H.R. 1914)

———protections under title 11 (see S. 1577)

———special revenue bonds (see S. 1863)

Collective bargaining: rejection by debtors (see H.R. 931)

Courts: bankruptcy and district court judges salaries (see H.R. 2227)

———clarify treatment of certain education loans during proceedings (see S. 830)

———retirement and survivor benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586)

———retirement and survivors' annuities for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see S. 1630)

———salaries of magistrates and bankruptcy judges (see S. 696)

Credit: treatment of education loans in bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 1790)

Health insurance: prevent rejection of contract with current or former employees in case of bankruptcy

Insurance: extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (see S. 1783)

———extend provision relative to continuation of health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1912)

Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act: enact (see S. 1626)

Kansas: appointment of additional bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 3369)

Mortgages: prevent foreclosures by authorizing the Sec. of HUD to encourage use of counseling provided by nonprofit homeownership organizations (see H.R. 2307), 11361 [6MY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (see H.R. 2863)

———security as condition for pension plan funding (see H.R. 2865)

Pensions: health benefits for former employees (see H.R. 1488)

———payment of certain benefits to retired former employees of debtors (see H.R. 1301)

———priority to certain unsecured claims of retired former employees (see H.R. 1040)

———protection of benefits (see H.R. 1186)

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (see S. 548)

Southern Industrial Banking Corp.: good faith transfers of property shall not be voidable (see H.R. 1351)

———relief for depositors (see S. 509)

Transfer provisions: clarify (see S. 1358)

U.S. Code: extend certain protections under title 11 (see S. 903)

Court decisions

Erickson Partnership v. Marvin L. and Charlotte M. Swenson (bankruptcy), 3769-3771 [19FE]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): legal activities, U.S. attorneys, antitrust division, and oversight of bankruptcy cases (testimony from Arnold Burns and Thomas J. Stanton), D151 [13MR]

Letters

Retired Benefits Security Act: Kent W. Clapp, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, 21098 [24JY]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 21097 [24JY]

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act: Dick Warden, UAW, 27670 [13OC]

———John J. Sheehan, United Steelworkers of America, 27669 [13OC]

Meetings

Committee on the Judiciary: extend certain protections under the U.S. Code and the Bankruptcy Code (S. 903), D245 [8AP]

Memorials of legislature

Ohio, 25418 [28SE]

Petitions

Business pension plans: Allegheny County, PA, Commissioners, 4262, 4263 [26FE]

Retirees' benefits under bankruptcy laws: Fairview Park, OH, City Council, 1229 [13JA]

Remarks in House

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 27667-27676 [13OC]

Agriculture: family farms (H.R. 1152), 3888 [19FE]

Airlines: seating of persons holding tickets from bankrupt air carriers (H.R. 2491), 13657, 13685 [21MY]

Avoidable transfers: exception to certain provisions of law (H.R. 2501), 13982 [28MY]

Business: protections under title 11 (S. 1577), 22711 [6AU]

Collective bargaining: rejection by debtors (H.R. 931), 4441 [27FE]

Consumers: growing problem of insolvencies, 13839 [27MY]

Courts: retirement and survivor benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (H.R. 2586), 14594 [3JN]

Credit: treatment of education loans in bankruptcy proceedings (H.R. 1790), 6950 [25MR]

Employment: amend code relative to benefits of retired employees (H.R. 1186), 5475-5481 [11MR], 5533 [11MR]

Federal Asset Disposition Association: sale of property, 23456 [7AU]

Health insurance: termination of benefits (H.R. 761), 2197, 2202 [29JA]

Insurance industry: insolvencies, 7740 [1AP]

LTV Corp.: discontinuation of retirement benefits, 4042 [24FE]

———health insurance benefits to employees, 2669 [3FE], 10848 [30AP]

———medical and pension benefits, 4947 [5MR]

———payment of health and life insurance benefits, 3886 [19FE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (H.R. 2863), 18691 [1JY]

Pensions: claims of retired former employees (H.R. 1040), 5481 [12MR]

———protection of benefits for former employees (H.R. 1186), 6190 [18MR]

Todd Shipyards: Federal assistance, 25930 [30SE]

U.S. Code: extend certain protections under title 11 (S. 903), unanimous-consent agreement, 10813 [30AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: family farmer bankruptcy, 22813-22815 [6AU]

———family farmers (S. 565), 3768 [19FE]

Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (S. 1017), 8976 [10AP]

Bankruptcy Code: amend, 4399 [26FE]

Business: protections under title 11 (S. 1577), 21925 [31JY], 22013 [3AU]

———special revenue bonds (S. 1863), 31820 [12NO]

Courts: retirement and survivors' annuities for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (S. 1630), 23212 [7AU]

———salaries of magistrates and bankruptcy judges (S. 696), 5153 [10MR]

Health insurance: protection (S. 903), 7852 [2AP], 8951 [10AP]

Insurance: extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (S. 1783), 27311, 27325 [9OC]

Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act: enact (S. 1626), 23204 [7AU]

Kansas: additional bankruptcy judge, 25689 [30SE]

Pensions: private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of plan termination (S. Con. Res. 58), 12309 [13MY]

———protection of health and life insurance benefits (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE]

———protection (S. 903), 7852 [2AP], 8951 [10AP]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE], 21094 [24JY]

Transfer provisions: clarify (S. 1358), 15454 [11JN]

Reports filed

Extension of Pension and Health Insurance Protections Under Bankruptcy Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 903), 8759 [9AP]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 548), 20240 [17JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Bankruptcy code loopholes: National Association of Attorneys General, 8976 [10AP]

Need for additional financing or means to declare bankruptcy: Pacific County, WA, Board of Commissioners, 10028 [27AP]

Statements

Bankruptcy Code Amendments, 3768 [19FE]

Corporate Takeovers: James E. Hatfield, Glass, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers, 14617 [4JN]

———John Shad, SEC, 14617 [4JN]

———Thomas Donahue, AFL-CIO, 14617 [4JN]

Testimonies

Todd Shipyards—A Troubled Industry, 25930 [30SE]

Texts of

H.R. 2969, treatment of claims for certain pension benefits, 27667 [13OC]

S. 548, Retiree Benefits Security Act, 3730 [19FE]

S. 565, Family Farmer Equity Act, 3771 [19FE]

S. 830, Student Loan Bankruptcy Prevention Act, 6855 [25MR]

S. 903, protection of certain pension and health insurance, 7852 [2AP], 8952 [10AP], 10814 [30AP]

S. 1017, Bankruptcy Antifraud Act, 8977 [10AP]

S. 1577, protections under bankruptcy title 11, 21926 [31JY], 22712 [6AU]

S. 1626, Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act, 23205 [7AU]

S. 1863, special revenue bonds, 31824 [12NO]

S. Con. Res. 58, private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of pension plan termination, 12309 [13MY]