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HR 4296 109th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Debtor and creditor District courts Evidence (Law) Law Residence requirements

Innocent Supplier Fairness Act

Introduced: November 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Nov 10, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 10, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Innocent Supplier Fairness Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law to detail the elements of a special relationship that the trustee in bankruptcy must prove in order to rebut the presumption that the creditor or party in interest against whom recovery or avoidance is sought has carried the burden of proving the nonavoidability of a transfer.

Specifies such elements as: (1) the insider character of the creditor or the party in interest; (2) common ownership of the debtor and such creditor or such party; (3) common management of the debtor and creditor or party consisting of overlapping senior management or directors; (4) explicit notice from the debtor to such creditor or party that a petition filling is contemplated or imminent before the date of the transfer; or (5) the use by such creditor or party of judicial process, during the 90 days before the petition filing, against the debtor to collect a debt with respect to which a transfer may have been made.

Amends the federal judicial code to require the trustee in bankruptcy to commence a proceeding to avoid preferences only in the district court for the district in which the defendant resides.

What's happening now February 6, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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