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S 194 114th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Bankruptcy

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2015

Introduced: January 20, 2015 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S284-285; text of measure as introduced: CR S285)
Jan 20, 2015
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Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2015

Amends chapter 12 of federal bankruptcy law (Debt Adjustment of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income) with respect to discharge of governmental claims based upon the disposition of property used in a farming operation.

Treats any unsecured claim of a governmental unit against the debtor or debtor's estate as an unsecured debt (hence, not entitled to priority payment), if it results from the sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposition of any property used in the debtor's farming operation and it arises either: (1) before the petition in bankruptcy is filed, or (2) after such filing but before the debtor's discharge.

Authorizes a governmental unit to file a proof for a claim that arises after the date on which the petition is filed.

Requires such debt to be discharged in accordance with specified discharge procedures.

States that, for purposes of applying procedures governing plan confirmation, discharge, and modification after plan confirmation, the amount that would be paid on the claim if the estate were liquidated under chapter 7 shall be the amount that would be paid by the estate in a chapter 7 case if the claim were an unsecured claim arising before the date on which the petition was filed and not entitled to priority payment status.

What's happening now January 20, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S284-285; text of measure as introduced: CR S285)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 194: Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-194/
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