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HR 5540 106th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Alabama Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts California Debtor and creditor Delaware Families Family farms Farm income Farmers Florida Georgia Judges Judicial districts Law Maryland Michigan

Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000

Introduced: October 25, 2000 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
Nov 1, 2000
Received in the Senate.
Oct 31, 2000
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 31, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 31, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11701)
Oct 31, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11701)
Oct 31, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5540.
Oct 31, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11701-11704)
Oct 31, 2000
Mr. Gekas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 25, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 25, 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 June 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).

What's happening now November 1, 2000

Received in the Senate.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 31, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 25, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5540: Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5540/
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"H.R. 5540: Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5540/.
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H.R. 5540, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5540/.
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