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S 3721 115th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Bankruptcy Small business

A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of the term "family farmer".

Introduced: December 6, 2018 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 6, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to increase the aggregate debt limit for a family farmer who files for relief under chapter 12 (family farmer or fisherman reorganization). The debt limit is the maximum amount of debt that can be reorganized in bankruptcy.

What's happening now December 6, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Dec 6, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3721: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of the term "family farmer".. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3721/
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"S. 3721: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of the term "family farmer".." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3721/.
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S. 3721, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3721/.
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