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HR 2533 112th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Federal district courts Jurisdiction and venue

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011

Introduced: July 14, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jul 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require chapter 11 (Reorganization) bankruptcy cases filed by corporations to be commenced in the district court for the district in which: (1) the corporation's principal place of business or principal assets in the United States have been located for one year immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-year period than such corporation's U.S. principal place of business or principal assets were located in any other district; or (2) an affiliate of such corporation has a liquidation case pending, if the affiliate owns, controls, or holds with power to vote over 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation.

Applies such venue requirements only to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.

What's happening now September 8, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 14, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2533: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2533/
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"H.R. 2533: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2533/.
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