BANKRUPTCY

Amendments

Courts: prohibit from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S11499 [30OC]

Analyses

Responsible Borrower Protection Bankruptcy Act (H.R. 2500), E1801 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

Money in the Bank—LISD Receives Biggest Back Taxes Payment, S8830 [4SE]

Schools Lose When Firms Go Bankrupt, S8829 [4SE]

Schools Turn to Income Tax—Most Districts Already Charge an Income Surtax, Should Des Moines Join Them?, S8829 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S7603 [16JY]

Consumers: protection (see S. 1301), S10882 [21OC]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1596), H2679 [14MY]

———appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for Maryland (see S. 245), S856 [30JA]

———debts relative to death or injury caused by debtor's operation of watercraft or aircraft while intoxicated (see H.R. 30), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———prohibit from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (see S. 1149), S8823 [4SE]

———provide private trustees the right to seek judicial review of U.S. trustee actions related to trustee expenses and trustee removal (see H.R. 2592), H8299 [1OC]

———technical corrections to bankruptcy laws (see H.R. 120, 764), H142 [9JA], H586 [13FE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve administration (see H.R. 837), H668 [26FE]

———reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H1017 [13MR]

Housing: reform multifamily housing programs (see H.R. 1433, 2447), H1890 [24AP], H7199 [10SE]

Income: reform system to become a needs-based system (see H.R. 2500), H7599 [18SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (see H.R. 2466), H7262 [11SE]

Real estate: define single asset real estate (see H.R. 73), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (see S. 530), S2900 [9AP]

Religion: declare that donations made from a sense of religious obligation be considered to have been made in exchange for a reasonably equivalent value (see H.R. 2611), H8438 [6OC]

———protect certain charitable contributions (see S. 1244; H.R. 2604), S10293 [1OC], H8320 [2OC]

Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN: designate (see H.R. 81), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Letters

Investment in Education Act: Bill Ward, Lancaster, TX, Independent School District, S8830 [4SE]

———Kevin R. Appel, Treasurers' Association of Virginia, S8831 [4SE]

———Mary Ellen Sloan, Office of Salt Lake County, UT, County Attorney, S8831 [4SE]

———Michael J. O'Keefe, Office of Polk County, IA, County Attorney, S8829 [4SE]

———Robert R. Hagey, Siuox County, IA, Treasurer, S8828 [4SE]

———Ronald M. Rice, Iowa Association of School Boards, S8828 [4SE]

———Terry A. Henderson and S. Ellis Hankins, North Carolina League of Municipalities, S8830 [4SE]

Remarks in House

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (H.R. 1596), H5848, H5854 [28JY]

———technical corrections to bankruptcy laws (H.R. 120), E21 [7JA]

———technical corrections to bankruptcy laws (H.R. 764), H10660-H10663 [12NO]

Income: reform system to become a needs-based system (H.R. 2500), E1800 [18SE], E1824 [23SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: use of bankruptcy courts by suppliers and providers to discharge claims and by professionals excluded from health care programs seeking automatic stays from exclusion (H.R. 2466), E1739 [11SE]

Real estate: define single asset real estate (H.R. 73), E15 [7JA]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (H.R. 2604), E2037 [21OC]

Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN: designate (H.R. 81), E1198 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (S. 1024), S7607 [16JY], S11499 [30OC]

Consumers: protection (S. 1301), S10884-S10891 [21OC]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for Maryland (S. 245), S879, S880 [30JA]

———prohibit from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S8827 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

Employment: protect earned compensatory time and flexible work credit hours in cases of employer bankruptcy, S5220 [3JN]

Government regulations: reform, S9406 [16SE]

Real estate: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (S. 530), S2903 [9AP]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (S. 1244), S10294 [1OC]

Reports filed

Bankruptcy Laws Technical Corrections: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 764) (H. Rept. 105-324), H8927 [21OC]

Family Farmer Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1024), S10787 [9OC]

Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 81) (H. Rept. 105-235), H6703 [31JY]

Studies

Personal Bankruptcy Crisis, 1997: SMR Research Corp., H5850-H5854 [28JY]

Texts of

H.R. 764, technical corrections to bankruptcy laws, H10660 [12NO]

H.R. 1596, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, H5848 [28JY]

S. 530, Bankruptcy Abuse Reform Act, S2904 [9AP]

S. 1024, Family Farmer Protection Act, S11499 [30OC]

S. 1149, Investment in Education Act, S8828 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

S. 1244, Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act, S10294 [1OC]

S. 1301, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10885-S10890 [21OC]