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HR 4696 107th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Asbestosis Bankruptcy Cancer Claims Commerce Corporate reorganizations Debtor and creditor Environmental Protection Families Health Labor and Employment Law Respiratory diseases Stress (Psychology) Survivors' benefits Trusts and trustees

To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the allowance of certain claims or interests.

Introduced: May 9, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jul 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
May 9, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 9, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to disallow a claim to which an objection has been raised to the extent that it is a nonmalignant asbestos related claim (including a claim for pleural plaques, asymptomatic pleural thickening, asbestosis, fear of cancer, emotional distress, and medical surveillance).

Allows a nonmalignant asbestos related claim, however, for: (1) permanent breathing impairment; or (2) a survivor claim where the decedent's death was caused by exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products.

States that when and if a person develops a subsequent asbestos related claim that is allowable, then a previously disallowed claim may proceed as an allowable demand against either the reorganized debtor, or against a trust set up as part of a reorganization case for holders of allowable asbestos related claims and asbestos related demands.

What's happening now July 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 26, 2002
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 26, 2002
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