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HR 763 106th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Bankruptcy Debtor and creditor Families Family farms Law Trusts and trustees

Safeguarding America's Farms Entering the Year 2000 Act

Introduced: February 12, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Feb 12, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 12, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding America's Farms Entering the Year 2000 Act - Amends the Federal Bankruptcy Code to: (1) reenact Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income (thereby reinstating family farmer bankruptcy relief); (2) cite circumstances under which the claim of a governmental unit that arises as a result of the disposition of a farm asset used in the debtor's farming operation shall be treated as an unsecured claim that is not entitled to priority; and (3) revise the criteria defining family farmer, including the size of the attendant aggregate debt.

What's happening now February 25, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 763: Safeguarding America's Farms Entering the Year 2000 Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-763/
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"H.R. 763: Safeguarding America's Farms Entering the Year 2000 Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-763/.
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