BANKRUPTCY

Amendments

Courts: improve system (S. 540), S3777 [24MR], S3987 [25MR], S4511, S4522, S4524, S4525, S4527, S4530, S4541, S4545, S4575, S4576, S4578 [20AP], S4607, S4608, S4621, S4644, S4646, S4647, S4648, S4649, S4650, S4651, S4657, S4658, S4663, S4740, S4741, S4742, S4743, S4744 [21AP]

Appointments

Bankruptcy Review Commission, S15165 [30NO]

Articles and editorials

Agency Demands Restrictions on SBIC Bankruptcies—Quick Chapter 11 Filings Now Force Government To Swallow Big Debts, S4538 [20AP]

How To Lose Federal Millions and Owe Nothing, S4538 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: authorize additional bankruptcy judge for eastern district of Pennsylvania (see S. 2107), S5557 [11MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see S. 2172), S6746 [9JN]

———debtor obligations under unexpired leases of personal property (see H.R. 4474), H3887 [23MY]

———debts relative to death or injury caused by debtor's operation of watercraft or aircraft while intoxicated (see H.R. 4471), H3887 [23MY]

———designate certain retired bankruptcy and magistrate judges as senior judges (see H.R. 4154), H1995 [24MR]

———improve system (see H.R. 5116), H10006 [28SE]

———limit value of certain real and personal property relative to exemptions under State or local laws (see H.R. 4493), H4090 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: status of child support and alimony payments and responsibility for marital debts in divorce or separation agreements (see H.R. 4711), H5462 [30JN]

Small business: eligibility of small business investment companies to file bankruptcy (see H.R. 4140), H1995 [24MR]

Descriptions

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), E2204 [8OC]

Improve bankruptcy system (S. 540), S4510 [20AP]

Documents

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Refiling, S4535 [20AP]

Letters

Bankruptcy exemption from liens of trade tools or property: Robert T. Taylor, Louisiana Bankers Association, S4645 [21AP]

———Ronald Anderson, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., S4645 [21AP]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S14463 [6OC]

Bankruptcy system improvements: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S4543 [20AP]

Treatment of insurance benefits relative to bankruptcy proceedings: John F. McLaughlin, United Carolina Bank, S4653 [21AP]

———John G. Medlin, Jr., Wachovia Corporation, S4652 [21AP]

Memorandums

Intent To Defraud Must Be Proved Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Dept. of Justice, H10773 [4OC]

Motions

Courts: improve system (S. 540), S4547 [20AP]

Remarks in House

Courts: improve system (H.R. 5116), H10752-H10773 [4OC], H10917 [5OC], E2101 [6OC], E2204 [8OC]

———limit value of certain real and personal property relative to exemptions under State or local laws (H.R. 4493), E1066 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: status of child support and alimony payments and responsibility for marital debts in divorce or separation agreements (H.R. 4711), E1389 [30JN]

Small business: eligibility of small business investment companies to file bankruptcy (H.R. 4140), E558 [24MR]

Remarks in Senate

Contracts: treatment of rent-to-own contracts, S4649, S4650 [21AP]

Courts: authorize additional bankruptcy judge for eastern district of Pennsylvania (S. 2107), S5576 [11MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (S. 2172), S6748 [9JN]

———exemption from liens of trade tools or property, S4644, S4645 [21AP]

———improve system (H.R. 5116), S14461-S14465 [6OC], S14739, S14750, S14948 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), S4504-S4519, S4521-S4539-S4549 [20AP], S4606, S4629-S4631, S4635, S4636, S4650-S4683 [21AP], S14597 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), unanimous-consent agreement, S4403 [19AP], S4664, S4665, S4666 [21AP]

———revise process by which additional bankruptcy judges are appointed, S4646 [21AP]

Insurance: provide payment of benefits to retired employees, S4651, S4652 [21AP]

Investments: exclusion of production payments of oil and gas leases, S4648 [21AP]

IRS: notification of tax liabilities, S4649 [21AP]

Student loans: prohibit dicrimination relative to eligibility, S4647 [21AP]

Reports

Cost Estimate of S. 540, Bankruptcy System Improvements: CBO, S4543 [20AP]

Reports filed

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5116) (H. Rept. 103-835), H10726 [4OC]

Statements

Retirement Announcement of Hal J. Bonney, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia: Hal J. Bonney, Jr., E1945 [26SE]

Summaries

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), H10764-H10771 [4OC]

Texts of

H.R. 5116, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H10752-H10763 [4OC]

S. 540, improve bankruptcy system, S4405-S4420 [19AP], S4666-S4683 [21AP]

S. 2107, authorize additional bankruptcy judge for eastern district of Pennsylvania, S5577 [11MY]