[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 38588] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-18952] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION Meeting AGENCY: National Bankruptcy Review Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME AND DATE: Monday, August 11, 1997; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 12, 1997; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PLACE: Federal Judicial Center/Education Center Auditorium, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington, D.C. It is recommended that the public use the South Lobby entrance to the meeting site. 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 tax issues, data collection and dissemination, transnational insolvencies, consumer debtor education, small business and single asset bankruptcies, and dischargeability issues. Other substantive matters include: Chapter 11, consumer bankruptcy, government, the use of mediators and examiners, and service to the estate and ethics. Two open forum sessions for public participation are tentatively scheduled for August 11, 1997 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and August 12, 1997 from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The 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 August 10, 1997 or register in person at the National Bankruptcy Review Commission registration desk at the meeting site. Open forum registrants are asked to provide their 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, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 97-18952 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-36-P