To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

Reenacts permanently chapter 12 (Adjustments of Debts of a Family Farmer) of the Federal bankruptcy code, as reenacted by division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 1999.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5195 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5195

  To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
                   Code, relating to family farmers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2004

  Mr. Smith of Michigan (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Bishop of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
                   Code, relating to family farmers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT REENACTMENT OF CHAPTER 12.

    (a) Reenactment.--Chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, as 
reenacted by section 149 of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), 
is reenacted.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 302 of the Bankruptcy, Judges, 
United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 (28 
U.S.C. 581 note) is amended by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on 
January 1, 2004.
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