BANKRUPTCY

Amendments

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S775 [7FE], S786, S869, S870 [8FE], S880, S957, S968, S982, S983, S1022, S1028, S1035, S1036, S1037 [9FE], S1074, S1075 [10FE], S1183, S1184, S1185, S1186, S1187, S1192, S1193, S1194, S1199, S1200, S1231, S1264, S1265, S1266, S1267, S1268, S1269, S1270, S1271, S1272, S1273, S1274, S1306, S1307, S1308, S1309, S1310, S1311, S1312, S1313, S1315, S1316, S1317, S1318 [14FE]

Analyses

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Potential Claims: CBO, S895 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

Aiming at Asbestos Bill, S753 [7FE]

Asbestos Debate, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

Forward on Asbestos, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

Holtz-Eakin Delivers Blow on Asbestos, S6553 [27JN]

Justice for Asbestos Victims, S754 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Conrad Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 5215), H1852 [26AP]

Corporations: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see S. 2556), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5113), H1676 [6AP]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 3274), S5341 [26MY]

Crime: amend laws covering cases of certain debtors who are victims of identity theft (see H.R. 5757), H5046 [11JY]

Ecology and environment: ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (see S. 3515), S5874 [14JN]

Cloture motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S1122 [13FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), motion to proceed, S718 [6FE], S765 [7FE]

Cost Estimates

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 852): CBO, S888-S894 [9FE]

Factsheets

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Transparency, S886 [9FE]

Letters

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE], S1150 [14FE]

———Carter G. Phillips, S949 [9FE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———Donald B. Marron, CBO, S1146 [14FE]

———Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, S894 [9FE]

———Financial Institutions for Asbestos Reform (organization), S1148 [14FE]

———James A. Grogan, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan, Terry Lynch, and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S1149 [14FE]

———James A. Williams, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, S713 [6FE], S848 [8FE], S1149 [14FE]

———James D. Randles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, S714 [6FE]

———John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, S712 [6FE]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S948 [9FE]

———National Governors Association, S714 [6FE]

———Senator Specter, S6553 [27JN]

———several asbestos victims groups, S782 [8FE]

———several military and veterans organizations, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———several organizations, S755 [7FE]

Motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S956, S960 [9FE]

Petitions

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: asbestos victims and families, S763 [7FE]

Press releases

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Bates White, LLC, S763 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Corporations: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (H.R. 5113), E545 [6AP]

Delphi Corp.: impact of bankruptcy proceedings on employee pensions, H1539, H1541 [5AP], H1627, H1631 [6AP], E542 [6AP], E563 [7AP], E711 [3MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1200 [29MR]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: establish medical criteria for asbestos exposure victims seeking compensation, S944-S957 [9FE]

———limit asbestos victims trust fund contributions from companies with annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion or if full contributions would force bankruptcy, S959, S960 [9FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 3274), S5344-S5347, S5388, S5394 [26MY], S5433 [5JN], S6553 [27JN]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S38, S40 [25JA], S506 [2FE], S766, S774 [7FE], S781, S825-S853 [8FE], S875-S877, S879-S898, S944-S968 [9FE], S1047-S1050, S1054, S1058, S1065-S1067 [10FE], S1078, S1121 [13FE], S1140-S1170 [14FE], S1372, S1373 [15FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), motion to proceed, S697, S699-S720 [6FE], S738-S758, S761-S766 [7FE]

Ecology and environment: ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (S. 3515), S5878 [14JN]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to H. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010, relative to S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S1157 [14FE]

Testimonies

Delphi Corp., Bankruptcy Filing Impact on Employee Pensions: Steve Grandstaff, UAW Local 651, E711 [3MY]

Impact of the Delphi Corp., Bankruptcy Filing: Steve Grandstaff, UAW Local 651, E563 [7AP]

Texts of

S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S786-S825 [8FE]

S. 3274, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S5347-S5388 [26MY]