[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11289]
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NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION
Meeting
AGENCY: National Bankruptcy Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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Times and Dates: Wednesday, May 14, 1997; 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Thursday, May 15, 1997; 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, May 16,
1997; 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Place: The meeting site for Wednesday, May 14, 1997 will be the George
Washington University Law School, Room LL101, 720 20th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. It is recommended that the public use the entrance
located at the corner of 20th and H Streets. The handicap entrance is
located on 20th Street.
The meeting site for Thursday, May 15, 1997, and Friday, May 16,
1997, will be at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. The location of the Meeting Room will be posted at the
Hotel.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice: At its public meeting, the Commission will consider general
administrative matters and substantive agenda items including conflicts
of interest, consumer bankruptcy, corporate/small business
bankruptcies, Sections 105 and 362(b), and tax issues; Commission
working groups will consider the following substantive matters: Chapter
11, government, jurisdiction and procedure, and transnational issues.
An open forum session devoted to issues related to consumer bankruptcy
for public participation is tentatively scheduled for May 14, 1997 from
8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. In addition, a general open forum for public
participation that will include issues related to the United States
Trustee Program is tentatively scheduled for May 16, 1997 from 3:00
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dates and times for the open forum sessions are
subject to change.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any individual or organization who wants to
make an oral presentation to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission
concerning the Commission's statutory responsibilities may do so at the
open forum sessions. Persons who would like to make an oral
presentation to the Commission at the open forum sessions should
register in advance by contacting the National Bankruptcy Review
Commission at (202) 273-1813 no later than 5:00 P.M. EST on May 13,
1997 or register in person at the National Bankruptcy Review Commission
registration desk at the meeting site. Open forum registrants are asked
to provide name, organization (if applicable), address and phone
number. If the volume of requests to speak at the open forum sessions
exceeds the time available to accommodate all such requests, the
speakers will be chosen on the basis of order of registration.
Oral presentations will be limited to five minutes per speaker.
Persons speaking at the open forum sessions are requested, but not
required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their written statements
prior to their presentations to the National Bankruptcy Review
Commission, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus
Circle, N.E., Suite 5-130, Washington, DC 20544. Written submissions
are not subject to any limitations.
CONTACT PERSONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Susan Jensen-Conklin
or Carmelita Pratt at the National Bankruptcy Review Commission,
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle,
N.E., Suite 5-130, Washington, D.C. 20544; Telephone Number: (202) 273-
1813.
Susan Jensen-Conklin,
Deputy Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-11289 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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