BANKRUPTCY

Articles and editorials

Rescue Plan for Puerto Rico, S8770 [17DE]

Save Puerto Rico Before It Goes Broke, S8770 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 194), S283 [20JA]

Armed Forces: extend exemption from bankruptcy means test presumption of abuse for certain members of the National Guard and Reserves (see H.R. 4246), H9327 [15DE]

Business and industry: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 1156), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 97), H39 [6JA]

Claims: require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (see S. 357), S771 [4FE] (see H.R. 526), H581 [26JA]

Colleges and universities: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 729), S1494 [12MR]

——— make student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 449), H479 [21JA] (see H.R. 3451), H5847 [8SE]

——— stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases (see H.R. 100), H39 [6JA]

Courts: authorize appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 4225), H9270 [10DE]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 2542), H3560 [21MY]

——— require creditors to inform consumer reporting agencies that certain debts have been discharged in bankruptcy (see S. 1773), S5129 [15JY]

Education: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 1674), H2108 [26MR]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: make technical corrections relative to rollover of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy (see S. 1646), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2865), H4592 [23JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide exception to avoidance of transactions by bankruptcy trustees for certain college tuition payments made by parents (see H.R. 2267), H2876 [12MY]

Financial institutions: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (see H.R. 2947), H4861 [7JY]

——— provide for the liquidation, reorganization, or recapitalization of a covered financial corporation (see S. 1840, 1841), S5455 [22JY]

Firearms: exempt from claims of creditors (see H.R. 1488), H1802 [19MR]

Government regulations: dispense with requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances (see H.R. 98), H39 [6JA]

Local government: improve protection for employees and retirees in municipal bankruptcies (see H.R. 95), H39 [6JA]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 1714), S4686 [7JY]

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 2147), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 4029), H8279 [17NO]

Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (see S. 2436), S8883 [18DE] (see H.R. 4290), H10710 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 1774), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 870), H980 [11FE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings and establish Puerto Rico Financial Stability Council (see H.R. 4199), H9205 [9DE]

Real estate: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 101), H39 [6JA]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any discharge of consumer indebtedness (see H.R. 2640), H3877 [3JN]

Explanations

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 95), E11 [6JA]

Letters

Treat Puerto Rico as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings: several organizations, S8771 [17DE]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: extend exemption from bankruptcy means test presumption of abuse for certain members of the National Guard and Reserves (H.R. 4246), H9335–H9337 [16DE], E1793 [15DE]

Colleges and universities: stop abusive student loan collection practices in bankruptcy cases (H.R. 100), E2 [6JA]

Courts: authorize appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (H.R. 4225), E1761 [10DE]

Education: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (H.R. 1674), E446 [26MR]

Government regulations: dispense with requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances (H.R. 98), E4 [6JA]

Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (H.R. 4290), unanimous-consent request, H10695 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings, H9386, H9664, H9675, H9680, H9681, H9684 [17DE], E1835 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (H.R. 870), H5596 [29JY], H9084 [9DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings and establish Puerto Rico Financial Stability Council (H.R. 4199), H9266 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 194), S284 [20JA]

Armed Forces: extend exemption from bankruptcy means test presumption of abuse for certain members of the National Guard and Reserves (H.R. 4246), S8835 [17DE]

Puerto Rico: status of economic crisis, S8183–S8186 [30NO]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings, S8183–S8186 [30NO], S8593 [10DE], S8735 [17DE], S8867 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (S. 1774), S6887 [22SE], S7517 [27OC], S8514–S8516 [9DE], S8768–S8773 [17DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (S. 1774), unanimous-consent request, S8514 [9DE]

Reports filed

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 526) (H. Rept. 114–352), H8644 [30NO]

Summaries

Home Foreclosure Reduction Act (H.R. 101), E6–E8 [6JA]

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 97), E15–E18 [6JA]

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 95), E11 [6JA]

Texts of

H.R. 4246, National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act, H9336 [16DE]

S. 194, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act, S285 [20JA]

S. 729, Fairness for Struggling Students Act, S1497 [12MR]

S. 1156, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S2573–S2577 [30AP]

S. 1840, Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act, S5460–S5464 [22JY]

S. 1841, Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act, S5464–S5468 [22JY]