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HR 5530 106th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Alabama Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts California Debtor and creditor Delaware Families Family farms Florida Georgia Judges Judicial districts Law Maryland Michigan Mississippi New Jersey

Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000

Introduced: October 24, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Oct 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 24, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 24, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended, to extend until July 1, 2001, the reenactment of chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income) (thereby extending family farmer bankruptcy relief).

Makes this Act effective as of July 1, 2000 (the previous expiration date).

Mandates appointments for additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships in designated districts of the following States: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Prohibits filling the first vacancy occurring in such judicial districts five years or more after such appointments if it results from death, retirement, resignation or removal.

Extends temporary bankruptcy judgeship positions authorized for the northern district of Alabama, the eastern district of Tennessee, and the districts of Delaware, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina.

What's happening now October 25, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Oct 26, 2000
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