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HR 2592 105th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Administrative remedies Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts Commerce Department of Justice District courts Expense accounts Government Operations and Politics Injunctions Judicial review of administrative acts Jurisdiction Law Legal fees Trusts and trustees

Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997

Introduced: October 1, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 13, 1998
Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
Aug 31, 1998
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Aug 3, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 3, 1998
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Aug 3, 1998
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Aug 3, 1998
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Aug 3, 1998
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6901-6903)
Aug 3, 1998
Mr. Gekas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Aug 3, 1998
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 31, 1998
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
Jul 31, 1998
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-663.
Jul 21, 1998
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 21, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 30, 1998
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Apr 30, 1998
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 9, 1997
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 2, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 1, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 1, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997 - Amends title 11 of the United States Code (bankruptcy provisions) to grant the court authority, upon motion of an appointed standing trustee, to determine the actual, necessary expenses of such trustee. Directs the court to consider all relevant factors, including whether the expense: (1) will benefit the administration of cases by the trustee; and (2) is reasonable, based upon the customary and usual expenses incurred by fiduciaries providing services of comparable nature in matters other than cases under such title.

Provides that, in the event the United States trustee decides to cease assigning cases to an appointed standing trustee, the appointed trustee may seek judicial review of such decision. Allows the court to reverse the decision only if the U.S. trustee acted unreasonably or without cause. Deems the failure of the U.S. trustee to make a final administrative disposition of an appointed trustee's request to reconsider the decision to cease assigning cases within 30 days of such request to be an exhaustion of all administrative remedies.

Authorizes the court, pending the exhaustion of available administrative remedies or a judicial determination on the merits, to order injunctive relief in favor of the appointed trustee.

What's happening now October 13, 1998

Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 25, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2592: Private Trustee Reform Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2592/
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"H.R. 2592: Private Trustee Reform Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2592/.
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H.R. 2592, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2592/.
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