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S 4479 116th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Cardiovascular and respiratory health Contracts and agency Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Landlord and tenant

A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to change the treatment of certain rental obligations during bankruptcy.

Introduced: August 6, 2020 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill temporarily revises bankruptcy provisions related to a lease of nonresidential real property. Specifically, if a Chapter 11 small business reorganization bankruptcy debtor is experiencing material financial hardship due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, a court may extend the time the debtor may pay rent on a nonresidential real property from 60 days to 120 days. Additionally, businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have an additional 90 days to determine whether to keep or end a nonresidential lease agreement.

The bill also prohibits a bankruptcy trustee from voiding transfers of the debtor's interest due to the payment of certain rental and supplier arrearages.

These provisions have a two-year sunset.

What's happening now August 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4479: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to change the treatment of certain rental obligations during bankruptcy.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4479/
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