S 2059
104th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy
Commerce
Contracts
Debtor and creditor
Law
Leases
Trusts and trustees
Non-Monetary Default and Unexpired Lease in Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1996
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1996
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sep 9, 1996
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Non-Monetary Default and Unexpired Lease in Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1996 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that the trustee in bankruptcy may assume a debtor's executory contract or an unexpired lease of personal property without satisfying any penalty rate or penalty provision relating to a default arising from the debtor's failure to perform nonmonetary obligations under the contract or lease.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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