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HR 2942 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 extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

Introduced: September 24, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 1999
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sep 27, 1999
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 27, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 27, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 27, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 27, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2942.
Sep 27, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8813-8815)
Sep 27, 1999
Mr. Gekas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 24, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Sep 24, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 24, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend for six additional months (until April 1, 2000) the period for which chapter 12 of the Federal bankruptcy code (Adjustments of Debts of a Family Farmer) is reenacted.

What's happening now September 28, 1999

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1606 Related bill A bill to extend for 9 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is reenacted.
  • HR 2922 Procedurally related To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 24, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2942: To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2942/
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"H.R. 2942: To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2942/.
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H.R. 2942, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2942/.
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