Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2004

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, to extend for 18 additional months (until July 1, 2005) the period for which chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (Adjustments of Debts of a Family Farmer) is reenacted.

States that such extension shall take effect on January 1, 2004.

[108th Congress Public Law 369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


[DOCID: f:publ369.108]

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Public Law 108-369
108th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To extend for eighteen months the period for which chapter 12 of title 
   11, United States Code, is reenacted. <<NOTE: Oct. 25, 2004 -  [S. 
                                2864]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and <<NOTE: Family Farmer Bankruptcy 
Relief Act of 2004.>> House of Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 11 USC 101 note.>> SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act 
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. EIGHTEEN-MONTH EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR WHICH CHAPTER 12 OF 
                    TITLE 11, UNITED STATES CODE, IS REENACTED.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 149 of title I of division C of Public Law 
105-277 (11 U.S.C. 1201 note) <<NOTE: 11 USC 1201-1208, 1221-1231.>> is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2004'' each place that term 
        appears and inserting ``July 1, 2005''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``June 30, 2003'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2003''; and
                    (B) by striking ``July 1, 2003'' and inserting 
                ``January 1, 2004''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) are 
deemed to have taken effect on <<NOTE: 11 USC 1201 note.>> January 1, 
2004.

    Approved October 25, 2004.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2864:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004):
            Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate.
            Oct. 8, considered and passed House.

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