[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BANKRUPTCY
Amendments
Consumers: protection (S. 1301), S9942 [3SE], S10121 [9SE], S10213
[10SE], S10242 [11SE], S10243 [11SE], S10244 [11SE], S10245
[11SE], S10455 [17SE], S10460 [17SE], S10466 [17SE], S10508
[17SE], S10568 [18SE], S10572 [18SE], S10596 [18SE], S10602
[18SE], S10605 [18SE], S10674 [22SE], S10679 [22SE], S10712
[22SE], S10728 [22SE], S10740 [23SE], S10742 [23SE], S10743
[23SE], S10749 [23SE], S10762 [23SE], S10843 [23SE], S10844
[23SE]
Laws: reform (H.R. 3150), H4374 [10JN], H4394 [10JN], H4397 [10JN],
H4398 [10JN], H4400 [10JN], H4402 [10JN], H4403 [10JN], H4404
[10JN], H4406 [10JN], H4407 [10JN], H4408 [10JN], H4409 [10JN]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4352 [10JN]
Analyses
Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 3150), E87 [4FE]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9150 [28SE]
------ H.R. 3150, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10787 [23SE]
Articles and editorials
Bankruptcy Bill Deserves Support--Measure Aims To Bolster Notion of
Personal Responsibility for Finances, E1516 [3AU]
Bankruptcy Reform Presents Marketing Opportunity for Debtors'
Counsel, S10650 [21SE]
Get Tough on Bankruptcy Laws, S10190 [10SE]
Japan's Weak GDP Suggests Little Hope Soon, S10706 [22SE]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent and
facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
relative to farmers, (see H.R. 4645), H8931 [25SE]
------ temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
relative to farmers, (see H.R. 4831), H10916 [14OC]
------ temporarily reenact chapter of U.S. Code relative to
treatment of debts of family farmers with a regular annual
income, (see H.R. 4697), H9536 [5OC]
Business and industry: bankruptcy reform, (see S. 1914), S3120
[2AP]
------ modify application of liquidation cases, (see H.R. 3801),
H2931 [6MY]
Farmers: adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual income,
(see H.R. 4672), H9274 [1OC]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration, (see S.
2516), S10921 [24SE]
Financial institutions: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency
laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts,
(see H.R. 4239), H5736 [16JY], (see H.R. 4393), H7177 [4AU]
Laws: reform, (see H.R. 3146), H240 [3FE], (see H.R. 3150), H240
[3FE]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), consideration, (see H. Res. 462), H4324
[9JN]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), consideration of conference report, (see
H. Res. 586), H10075 [8OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), correct enrollment, (see H. Con. Res.
346), H10243 [9OC]
Real estate: limit the value of real and personal property that
debtors may exempt under State and local law, (see H.R. 3693),
H2119 [21AP]
Cloture motions
Consumers: protection (S. 1301), S10109 [9SE]
------ protection (S. 1301), motion to proceed, S9917 [3SE], S10093
[9SE]
Conference reports
Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 3150), H9954-H9985 [7OC]
Letters
Bankruptcy Reform Act: Anthony T. Cluff, Bankers Roundtable
(organization), H4360 [10JN]
------ Bill Brownfield, Virginia Dept. of Social Services, H4357
[10JN]
------ Brian O'Neill, National League of Cities, H4360 [10JN]
------ Cornelia I. Schneider, Community Associations Institute,
H4360 [10JN]
------ D. Van Skilling, Experian (credit reporting business), H4359
[10JN]
------ Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business,
H4355 [10JN], H4356 [10JN]
------ Dan Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, H4435
[10JN]
------ George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, H4349 [10JN]
------ J. Denis O'Toole, Household International (organization),
H4359 [10JN]
------ James G. Jones, Bank of America, H4357 [10JN]
------ Jonathan Burris, California Family Support Council, H4357
[10JN]
------ Joseph W. Saunders, Fleet Financial Group, H4359 [10JN]
------ June E. O'Neill, CBO, H4340 [10JN]
------ Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, H4358
[10JN]
------ Linda Ekstrom Stanley, Dept. of Justice, H4356 [10JN]
------ Martin G. McGuinn, Mellon Bank, H4360 [10JN]
------ Michael D. Hess, New York, NY, Dept. of Law, H4356 [10JN]
------ Peter B. King, Colorado Counties, Inc., H4358 [10JN]
------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H4356 [10JN]
------ Robert R. Davis, America's Community Bankers, H4360 [10JN]
------ Scott Belcher, National Multi Housing Council and National
Apartment Association, H4358 [10JN]
------ several realty and financial organizations, H4359 [10JN]
------ Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government
Waste, H4360 [10JN]
------ William J. Donovan, National Association of Federal Credit
Unions, H4358 [10JN]
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of
Appeals, S10189 [10SE]
------ Senator Faircloth, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs (Senate), S10677 [22SE]
Prevent credit card issuers from implementing unreasonable practices
or penalties against card holders who pay balances in full:
Senator Faircloth, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs (Senate), S10456 [17SE]
Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act: Douglas
Laycock, H4001 [3JN]
----- Douglas Laycock, University of Texas at Austin School of Law,
S4770 [13MY]
------ Michael Farris, Home School Legal Defense Association, H4001
[3JN]
------ Steven T. McFarland, Christian Legal Society, H4001 [3JN]
Lists
Organizations and agencies opposing H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act
provisions relative to treatment of child support and alimony
payments, H4435 [10JN]
Motions
Consumers: protection (S. 1301), S10696 [22SE], S10698 [22SE],
S10699 [22SE], S10700 [22SE], S10754 [23SE]
Laws: reform (H.R. 3150), H4440 [10JN], H9140 [28SE]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), conference report, S12137 [9OC], H10238
[9OC]
Press releases
Bankruptcy Reform Act: National Retail Federation, H4358 [10JN]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
relative to farmers (H.R. 4831), H10950 [15OC]
Bankruptcy: reform Chapter 11 regulations relative to foreclosure
on commercial property, H10231 [9OC]
Courts: provide private trustees the right to seek judicial review
of U.S. trustee actions related to trustee expenses and trustee
removal (H.R. 2592), H6901-H6903 [3AU]
Credit: conduct study of impact on bankruptcy rate of extension of
credit to dependent college students, H4408 [10JN], H4409 [10JN]
------ treatment of credit card debt, H4348 [10JN], H4349 [10JN],
H4368 [10JN], H4373 [10JN], H4374 [10JN], H4396 [10JN],
H4400-H4403 [10JN], H4428-H4436 [10JN], H4440 [10JN], H10236
[9OC], H10237 [9OC], H10238 [9OC]
Crime: protect creditor rights who are drunk driving or crime
victims, H4440 [10JN]
Families and domestic relations: treatment of child support and
alimony payments, H4343 [10JN], H4344 [10JN], H4348 [10JN],
H4349 [10JN], H4350 [10JN], H4366 [10JN], H4373 [10JN], H4374
[10JN], H4396 [10JN], H4399-H4402 [10JN], H4428-H4436 [10JN],
H4440 [10JN], H4441 [10JN]
------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H10234 [9OC]
Farmers: adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual income,
H10232 [9OC], H10237 [9OC]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to bankruptcy reform,
H4339-H4343 [10JN]
Financial institutions: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency
laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts,
H10235 [9OC]
Gambling: treatment of certain debts, H4346 [10JN], H4368 [10JN]
Government: reform Chapter 11 regulations relative to foreclosure
on commercial property, H10231 [9OC]
------ reorder debt repayment priorities relative to Federal, State,
and local governmental units, H4403 [10JN], H4404 [10JN], E1137
[16JN]
Laws: reform, H2697 [30AP], E2305 [21OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), H505 [24FE], H2778 [5MY], H2994-H3000
[7MY], H4026 [3JN], H4354-H4443 [10JN], E87 [4FE], E1137 [16JN],
E1180 [19JN], E1516 [3AU]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), conference report, H10227-E2295 [10JN]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 586), H10224-H10227 [9OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), correct enrollment (H. Con. Res. 346),
H10243 [9OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), corrections in engrossment, H4442 [10JN]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), motion to instruct conferees, H9140-H9147
[28SE]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), motion to recommit, H4440 [10JN]
Minorities: impact of reforms on economically-disadvantaged
individuals, H4374 [10JN]
Motor vehicles: amount of time allowed by financial institutions to
record a lien on a vehicle refinance, H4429 [10JN]
Music and dance: treatment of recording artists' contracts with
recording studios, H4406 [10JN], H4407 [10JN]
Real estate: prohibit conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt
homestead property within a year of declaring bankruptcy and
preserve States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H4404-H4406
[10JN]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (H.R. 2604),
H3978 [3JN], H3999-H4005 [3JN], H4038 [3JN], E835 [12MY]
Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN:
designate (H.R. 81), H8496 [23SE], H8497 [23SE], H8507 [23SE]
Small business: conduct study on bankruptcies, H4408 [10JN]
------ treatment of regulations, H4397 [10JN], H4398 [10JN]
Remarks in Senate
Business and industry: bankruptcy reform (S. 1914), S3129 [2AP]
Children and youth: treatment of college savings accounts, S10740
[23SE], S10741 [23SE]
Consumers: discourage conflicts of interest between attorneys and
clients relative to payment of trustees costs, S10568-S10571
[18SE], S10649-S10651 [21SE], S10697 [22SE], S10698 [22SE]
------ protection (S. 1301), S9917-S9921 [3SE], S9926 [3SE],
S9951-S9955 [8SE], S10101-S10109 [9SE], S10183-S10190 [10SE],
S10192-S10194 [10SE], S10452-S10457 [17SE], S10459-S10473
[17SE], S10508-S10567 [18SE], S10579 [18SE], S10580 [18SE],
S10649-S10651 [21SE], S10673-S10701 [22SE], S10704-S10713
[22SE], S10739-S10767 [23SE]
------ protection (S. 1301), motion to proceed, S9917 [3SE], S10059
[9SE], S10090-S10099 [9SE], S10101 [9SE]
------ protection (S. 1301), unanimous-consent agreement, S10236
[11SE], S10452 [17SE], S10455 [17SE]
------ protection (S. 1301), unanimous-consent request, S9917 [3SE]
------ provide waiver of filing fees in certain cases, S10572-S10574
[18SE], S10698 [22SE]
------ require consideration of creditor actions in certain cases,
S10674-S10678 [22SE], S10699-S10701 [22SE]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, S4772 [13MY]
------ prevent forgiveness of debts relative to death or injury
caused by debtor's operation of watercraft, aircraft, or motor
vehicle while intoxicated, S10764 [23SE]
Credit: treatment of credit card debt, S10186 [10SE]
------ treatment of fraudulently incurred debts, S10187 [10SE]
------ treatment of non-dischargeable debts, S10187 [10SE]
Credit counseling agencies: require debtors to seek help from
credit counseling agencies prior to filing for bankruptcy
protection, S10579 [18SE]
Families and domestic relations: treatment of child support and
alimony payments, S9926 [3SE], S10189 [10SE], S10453 [17SE]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2516),
S10923 [24SE]
Financial institutions: study credit industry practices on the
solicitation of credit cards, S10744-S10746 [23SE]
IMF: establish bankruptcy reform in economically troubled nations,
S2484 [24MR]
Laws: reform, S1208-S1210 [2MR]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), S7520 [6JY], S7610 [7JY], S10787-S10789
[23SE], S10937 [24SE], S10938 [24SE]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), conference report, S12137 [9OC], S12151
[9OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), conference report--motion to proceed,
S12140-S12148 [9OC]
------ reform (H.R. 3150), insert S. 1301 language in lieu, S10236
[11SE], S10767 [23SE]
Pensions: protection of retirement savings, S10186 [10SE], S10508
[17SE]
Real estate: conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead
property, S10186 [10SE]
------ limit homestead property exemption, S10742 [23SE], S10743
[23SE], S10746 [23SE]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (S. 1244),
S4769-S4772 [13MY]
------ protect certain charitable contributions (S. 1244),
unanimous-consent agreement, S4601 [8MY]
Reports filed
Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3150) (H.
Rept. 105-794), H10010 [7OC]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3150) (H. Rept. 105-
540), H3366 [18MY]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform
Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 586) (H. Rept. 105-
799), H10075 [8OC]
Consideration of H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on
Rules (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 105-573), H4324 [9JN]
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)
(S. 1301), S5634 [4JN]
----- Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1301) (S. Rept. 105-
253), S8657 [21JY]
Federal Courts Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)
(S. 2516), S11278 [1OC]
Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act: Committee on Banking
and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4393) (H. Rept. 105-688),
H7493 [9SE]
Private Trustee Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House)
(H.R. 2592) (H. Rept. 105-663), H6879 [31JY]
Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act: Committee
on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2604) (H. Rept. 105-556), H4054
[3JN]
----- Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1244), S1069 [26FE]
Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN:
Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 81),
S11339 [2OC]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Representative: Bankruptcy Reform, E1153 [17JN]
Revenue Procedure
IRS distribution of assets upon dissolution of tax-exempt
organizations, H4001 [3JN]
Rulings of the Chair
Laws: reform (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4339 [10JN]
Statements
Bankruptcy Reform Act: National Consumer Bankruptcy Coalition,
H4355 [10JN]
------ Representative Gekas, E88 [4FE]
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Executive Office of the President,
S10787 [23SE]
Studies
Personal Bankruptcy Crisis--Demographics, Causes, Implications, and
Solutions: Stu Feldstein, SMR Research Corp., H4369-H4373
[10JN]
Summaries
Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 3150), H4340 [10JN]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 346, correct enrollment of H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform
Act, H10243 [9OC]
H. Con. Res. 346, correct enrollment of H.R. 3150, provisions,
H10243 [9OC]
H. Res. 462, consideration of H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act,
H4338 [10JN]
H. Res. 586, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3150,
Bankruptcy Reform Act, H10224 [9OC]
H.R. 81, Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend,
IN, H8496 [23SE]
H.R. 2592, Private Trustee Reform Act, H6901 [3AU]
H.R. 2604, Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act,
H3999 [3JN]
H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H4374-H4394 [10JN]
H.R. 3150, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10767-S10786 [23SE]
H.R. 4831, temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
relative to farmers, H10950 [15OC]
S. 1244, Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act,
S4769 [13MY], H4005 [3JN]
S. 1301, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10101-S10109 [9SE]
S. 2516, Federal Courts Improvement Act, S10923-S10926 [24SE]