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HR 2920 106th 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 permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

Introduced: September 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Sep 22, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 22, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Reenacts chapter 12 of the Federal bankruptcy code, extending bankruptcy protection to family farmers (Adjustments of Debts of a Family Farmer).
What's happening now October 5, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2920: To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2920/
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"H.R. 2920: To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2920/.
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H.R. 2920, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2920/.
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