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HR 4697 105th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Bankruptcy Debtor and creditor Families Family farms Farm income Farmers Law Trusts and trustees

To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.

Introduced: October 5, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Oct 9, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 5, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 5, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reenacts chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income), as in effect on September 30, 1998, for the period beginning October 1, 1998, and ending on September 30, 2000 (thereby extending family farmer bankruptcy relief).

What's happening now October 9, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 5, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4697: To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4697/
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"H.R. 4697: To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4697/.
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