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HR 3540 108th 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 an additional year the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

Introduced: November 20, 2003 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
Dec 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Nov 20, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 20, 2003
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 January 1, 2005, 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 January 1, 2004.
What's happening now December 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3542 Related bill Protection of Family Farmers Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 20, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3540: To extend for an additional year the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3540/
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"H.R. 3540: To extend for an additional year the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3540/.
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H.R. 3540, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3540/.
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[H.R. 3540: To extend for an additional year the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3540/)
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