[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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