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1 LexisNexis Congressional Digital Collection Supporting Research and Education Area of Practice: Bankruptcy Law Use primary source congressional documents to: Understand legislative process Compile research for law review articles Develop legal arguments based on legislative intent Access all bills and publications related to enacted laws Access all publications related to legislative proposals Link to CIS legislative histories Sample search terms: Bankruptcy Access Recent Content: Sample Search Keyword: Immigration Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-2005-HJH-0114, July 26, 2005, 90 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available Access Historic Content: Sample Search Results Keyword: Immigration Amendment to Bankruptcy Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL- SET-ID: 9649 H.rp.1897, January 23, 1933, 16 pp., Full Text Available Access Committee Hearings: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003, and the Need for Bankruptcy Reform, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2003-HJH-0040, Mar. 4, 2003, 232 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available

2 Access Committee Prints: Bankruptcy and Child Support Enforcement: Improved Information Sharing Possible Without Routine Data Matching, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-2008-GAO-0003, Jan. 2008, 40 pp., LexisNexis Access Congressional Research Service reports: Primary Residence Exception: Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress to Amend Section 1322(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2008-AML-0226, Apr. 10, 2008, 11 pp., LexisNexis Access Legislative Histories: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, CIS-NO: 2005-PL109-8, CIS-DATE: 2005 CIS-DATE: December, 2005, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Apr. 20, 2005, LENGTH: 195 p. Access Misc. Congressional publications: Bankruptcy and Child Support Enforcement: Improved Information Sharing Possible Without Routine Data Matching, CIS-NO: 2008-J942-11, CIS-DATE: 2008, SOURCE: Government Accountability Office, DOC-TYPE: Print, DATE: Jan , LENGTH: 40 p., SUDOC: GA1.13:GAO , CIS/Index Access Serial Set documents: Bankruptcy Law Revised to July 1938, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.doc.225, 1938, 292 pp., Full Text Available Access Serial Set reports: Amend Bankruptcy Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL- SET-ID: S.rp.749, November 15, 1967, 11 pp., Full Text Available

3 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): CRS Reports Recent content sample results: 1. Primary Residence Exception: Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress to Amend Section 1322(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2008-AML-0001, Jan. 2, 2008, 11 pp., LexisNexis 2. Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2007-GVF-1006, Dec. 14, 2007, 5 pp., LexisNexis 3. Legal Issues in Terminations of Single-Employer Pension Plans: Beck v. PACE International Union, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS AML-0463, Nov. 14, 2007, 6 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 4. Hedge Fund Failures, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CRS-2007-GVF-0774, Sept. 14, 2007, 13 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 5. Student Loans in Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2007-AML-0322, July 26, 2007, 6 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 6. Legal Challenges to the Client Communication Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2007-AML-0281, June 27, 2007, 5 pp., LexisNexis 7. Municipal Reorganization: Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2007-AML-0139, Mar. 8, 2007, 14 pp., LexisNexis 8. Preliminary Observations on the Impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (P.L ), DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2006-GVF-0959, Dec. 22, 2006, 6 pp., LexisNexis 9. Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Ancillary and Cross-Border Cases, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2006-AML-0273, July 14, 2006, 18 pp., LexisNexis

4 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): CRS Reports Historic content sample results: 1. Bankruptcy Reform Legislation in the 107th Congress: A Comparison of H.R. 333 and S. 420, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS AML-0081, Mar. 22, 2001, 22 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 2. Status of H.R. 833: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-2000-AML-0110, Sept. 29, 2000, 2 pp., LexisNexis 3. Consumer Proposals in the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998: H.R. 3150, 105th Congress, 2nd Session (1998), DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CRS-1998-AML-0092, Aug. 5, 1998, 36 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 4. Municipal Reorganization: Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-1995-AML-0007, Jan. 6, 1995, 11 pp., LexisNexis 5. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as a Creditor in Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-1992-AML-0020, Feb. 21, 1992, 15 pp., LexisNexis 6. Family Farmer Reorganization: Summary and Legal Analysis of Chapter 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CRS-1988-AML-0063, Nov. 7, 1988, 19 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 7. United States Bankruptcy Code: Legal Implications of an Investor-Owned Utility Reorganization Under Chapter 11, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-1988-AML-0108, Feb. 17, 1988, 32 pp., LexisNexis U.S.C. Section 1110: Does the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Adequately Protect the U.S. Government's Interest in a U.S. Flag Vessel Secured by a Preferred Ship Mortgage Under the Ship Mortgage Act of 1920?, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-1986-AML-0094, Sept. 25, 1986, 12 pp., LexisNexis 9. Sectional Analysis of the Major Provisions and Principal Operative Chapters of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law , 92 Stat. 2549, Codified as Title 11 of the U.S. Code), DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CRS-1980-AML-0032, Dec. 23, 1980, 132 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available

5 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): Committee Prints & Misc. Publications Recent content sample results: 1. Bankruptcy and Child Support Enforcement: Improved Information Sharing Possible Without Routine Data Matching, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-2008-GAO-0003, Jan. 2008, 40 pp., LexisNexis 2. Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Federal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations. Vol. I: Report, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-2003-FNS- 0002, Feb. 2003, 745 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 3. Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Federal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations. Vol. II: Appendices A & B, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP FNS-0003, Feb. 2003, 945 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 4. Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Federal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations. Vol. III: Appendices C & D, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP FNS-0004, Feb. 2003, 1037 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 5. Enron's Credit Rating: Enron's Bankers' Contacts with Moody's and Government Officials, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CMP-2003-SGA-0011, Jan. 3, 2003, 27 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 6. Personal Bankruptcy: A Literature Review, CBO Papers, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-2000-CBO-0036, Sept. 2000, 66 pp., LexisNexis 7. Present Law and Issues Relating to the Treatment of Qualified Pension Plans in Personal Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CMP-1991-JTX-0013, Nov. 27, 1991, 18 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 8. Present Law and Issues Relating to the Conservatorship of the Executive Life Insurance Company, Scheduled for a Hearing, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1991-WAM-0018, May 21, 1991, 40 pp., LexisNexis

6 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): Committee Prints & Misc. Publications Historic content sample results: 1. Description of H.R (Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1979), Scheduled for a Hearing, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1979-WAM- 0054, Sept. 17, 1979, 35 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 2. Tax Aspects of S (Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978), DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1978-FNS-0024, July 26, 1978, 15 pp., LexisNexis 3. Bankruptcy Courts, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP HJH-0001, Jan. 1978, 11 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 4. Description and Section-By-Section Analysis to Accompany Bankruptcy-Tax Bill, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1977-HJH- 0021, Nov. 1977, 57 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 5. Investigation into Crown Savings Bank Failure. Staff Report on Hearings, DOC- TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1966-BCU-0003, Feb. 21, 1966, 25 pp., LexisNexis 6. Analysis of H.R , a Bill to Amend an Act Entitled "an Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the U.S.," Approved July 1, 1898, and Acts Amendatory Thereof and Supplementary Thereto; and to Repeal Section 76 Thereof and all Acts and Parts of Acts Inconsistent Therewith. Containing Amendments Proposed by the National Bankruptcy Conference, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1936-HJH-0001, June 4, 1936, 256 pp., LexisNexis 7. Administration of Bankrupt Estates. Report Submitted by Counsel to the Petitioners in the Matter of an Inquiry into the Administration of Bankrupt Estates Conducted before Hon. Thomas D. Thacher, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, under Orders of said Court, Dated Mar. 6, 1929, and Mar. 25, 1929, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-1931-HJH- 0002, 1931, 255 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 8. History of Guaranty of Bank Deposits in the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, by George H. Shibley, Director, American Bureau of Political Research, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID:CMP-1914-BCS-0001, 1914, 62 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available

7 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Recent content sample results: 1. U.S.-Russia Economic Relationship: Implications of the Yukos Affair, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HFS-0071, Oct. 17, 2007, 65 p., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 2. Second Anniversary of the Enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: Are Consumers Really Being Protected?, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0012, May 1, 2007, 269 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 3. Executive Compensation in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases: How Much Is Too Much?, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0010, Apr. 17, 2007, 53 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 4. Impeaching Manuel L. Real, a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2006-HJH-0002, Sept. 21, 2006, 176 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 5. Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2005-HJH- 0114, July 26, 2005, 90 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 6. Financial Collapse of HealthSouth, Part 1, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2003-HEC-0004, Oct. 16, 2003, 614 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 7. Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2003-HJH-0043, May 22, 2003, 68 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 8. Oversight of Investment Banks' Response to the Lessons of Enron, Vol. I, DOC- TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2002-SGA-0042, Dec. 11, 2002, 715 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 9. Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2001-SJS-0040, Feb. 8, 2001, 182 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available

8 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Historic content sample results: 1. Bankruptcy Reform Act of (Part I), DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1999-HJH-0027, Mar. 16, 1999, 216 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 2. Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1995, CIS-NO: 96-H521-21, CIS-DATE: April, 1996, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Dec. 7, 1995, LENGTH: iii+26 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:104/36, CIS/Index 3. Bankruptcy Reform, CIS-NO: 95-H521-2, CIS-DATE: January, 1995, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Aug. 17, 1994, LENGTH: v+718 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:103/62, CIS/Index 4. Bankruptcy Treatment of Swap Agreements and Forward Contracts, CIS-NO: 91- H521-58, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Feb. 6, 1990, LENGTH: iii+101 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:101/142, CIS/Index 5. Bankruptcy Antifraud Act of 1986, CIS-NO: 87-S521-37, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DOC-NO: S. Hrg , DATE: Sept. 24, 1986, LENGTH: iv+118 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg , CIS/Index 6. Shopping Center Bankruptcy, CIS-NO: 85-H521-46, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: May 17, 1984, LENGTH: iii+241 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:98/129, CIS/Index 7. Bankruptcy Law and Repurchase Agreements, CIS-NO: 85-H521-57, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: May 2, 1984, LENGTH: iv+119 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:98/128, CIS/Index 8. Bankruptcy Improvements Act, CIS-NO: 84-S521-28, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DOC-NO: S. Hrg , DATE: Apr. 6, 1983, LENGTH: v+502 p. il., SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg , CIS/Index 9. Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims, CIS-NO: 83-H341-65, SOURCE: Committee on Education and Labor. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Feb. 10, 1983, LENGTH: iii+70 p., SUDOC: Y4.Ed8/1:As1/5, CIS/Index 10. Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Oversight on Grain Elevator Insolvencies) Part 2, CIS-NO: 82-S521-77, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, DOC- TYPE: Hearing, DATE: May 18, 1982, LENGTH: iii+55 p., SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:J-97-32/pt.2, CIS/Index 11. Bankruptcy of Commodity and Securities Brokers, CIS-NO: 84-H521-36, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: July 23, Sept. 17, 1981, LENGTH: iii+499 p. il., SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:97/115, CIS/Index

9 12. Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, CIS-NO: 81-S521-57, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Apr. 3, 6, 1981, LENGTH: vi+468 p. il., SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:J-97-11, CIS/Index 13, Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG HJH-0021, Oct. 1, 1969, 106 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 14. Commission To Study Bankruptcy Laws, 1968, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1968-SJS-0025, July 16, 17, 1968, 101 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 15. Farmer-Debtor Relief (Bankruptcy), DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1951-SJS-0015, June 19, July 17, 1951, Feb. 7, 1952, 99 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 16. Preliminary Stays in Municipal Bankruptcy Compositions, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1941-HJH-0004, May 9, 1941, 35 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 17. Investigation of Real Estate Bondholders' Reorganizations. Part 20, DOC- TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1936-BRS-0005, Dec. 1-3, 7, 8, 1936, 956 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available 18. To Amend the Bankruptcy Act, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1935-SJS-0006, June 18, 1935, 11 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available

10 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Transcripts of Historic Unpublished Hearings (coming to the Digital Collection Fall 2008): 1. To Amend the Bankruptcy Act To Prohibit the Discharge of Debts and Obligations of Which Moral Turpitude Is the Gist of the Action, CIS-NO: 87 HJ- T.9, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: House Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: May 4, 1962, SESSION-DATE: 62, Congressional Indexes, Establishment of a Uniform System of Bankruptcy. [Part 1], CIS-NO: 81 SJ- T.188, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Senate Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: Jan. 31, 1950, SESSION-DATE: 1950, 1951, Congressional Indexes, To Amend the Bankruptcy Act, CIS-NO: 80 SJ-T.131, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Senate Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: Mar. 30, 1948, SESSION-DATE: 1948, Congressional Indexes, Northern Pacific Railroad Reorganization, CIS-NO: 54 HJ-T.2, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: House Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: May 19, 1896, SESSION-DATE: 1895, 1896, Congressional Indexes, Basic Subscription Temporary Hearings Records: Timely Links to Selected Transcripts and Submitted Statements of Recent Hearings Not Yet Published 1. [Foreclosure Crisis], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Dec. 5, 2007., CIS/Index 2. [Straightening Out the Mortgage Mess: How Can We Protect Home Ownership and Provide Relief to Consumers in Financial Distress], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Sept. 25, 2007., CIS/Index 3. [Chapter 11 Fairness], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Sept. 6, 2007., CIS/Index

11 LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection : 1. Commission to study bankruptcy laws of U.S., DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.240, June 18, 1969, 6 pp., Full Text Available 2. Liens in Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET- ID: S.rp.1159, May 12, 1966, 17 pp., Full Text Available 3. Amending Bankruptcy Act Regarding Transmission of Documents to Secretary of Treasury in Chap. 13 Proceedings, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.1709, June 24, 1960, 7 pp., Full Text Available 4. Amending Bankruptcy act relative to farmer-debtor relief, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.1303, March 13, 1952, 7 pp., Full Text Available 5. Amending Municipal Bankruptcy Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.1633, June 28, 1946, 11 pp., Full Text Available 6. Revision of National Bankruptcy Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: H.rp.1409, July 29, 1937, 144 pp., Full Text Available 7. Hobson's Choice Between Government Ownership and Bankruptcy of Railroads, address by Samuel Untermyer, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 9748 S.doc.64, May 15, 1933, 27 pp., Full Text Available 8. Uniform System of Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL- SET-ID: 2069 H.rp.1401, June 12, 1882, 2 pp., Full Text Available 9. Uniform System of Bankruptcy, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL- SET-ID: 1105 H.rp.92, March 1, 1861, 24 pp., Full Text Available 10. Annual Report on Insolvent Debtors, 1840, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 382 H.doc.11, December 14, 1840, 3 pp., Full Text Available 11. Uniform System of Bankruptcy, petition of Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: ASP038 Misc.422, January 13, 1817, 2 pp., Full Text Available

12 LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection 1970-present (coming 2009): 1. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Communication from the Chief Justice, CIS-NO: 2007-H520-2, CIS-DATE: 2007, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Document, DOC-NO: H. Doc , DATE: Apr. 30, 2007., LENGTH: 71 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/7: , CIS/Index 2. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Communication from the Chief Justice, CIS-NO: 2006-H520-5, CIS-DATE: 2006, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Document, DOC-NO: H. Doc , DATE: May 8, 2006., LENGTH: 25 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/7: , CIS/Index 3. Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006, CIS-NO: 2006-H373-24, CIS-DATE: 2006, SOURCE: Committee on Financial Services. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC- NO: H. Rpt , pt. 1, DATE: Sept. 12, 2006., LENGTH: 28 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: /PT.1., CIS/Index 4. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, CIS-NO: 2005-H523-6, CIS-DATE: 2005, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , pt. 1, DATE: Apr. 8, 2005., LENGTH: 602 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8:109-31/PT.1., CIS/Index 5. Financial Contracts Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2003, CIS-NO: 2003-H373-24, CIS- DATE: September, 2003, SOURCE: Committee on Financial Services. House, DOC- TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , pt. 1, DATE: Sept. 18, 2003, LENGTH: 70 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: /PT.1, CIS/Index 6. Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement Act of 2003, CIS-NO: 2003-H523-15, CIS- DATE: May, 2003, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: May 19, 2003, LENGTH: 12 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 7. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003, CIS-NO: 2003-H523-4, CIS-DATE: March, 2003, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , pt. 1, DATE: Mar. 18, 2003, LENGTH: i+597 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8:108-40/PT.1, CIS/Index 8. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002, CIS-NO: 2002-H523-38, CIS-DATE: July, 2002, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: July 26, 2002, LENGTH: 304 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index

13 Access CIS Legislative Histories: Bankruptcy Law P.L Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Link to PL Text Link to Bill Text and Tracking for enacted bill 109 S. 256 Link to text and tracking for all related bills: 104 S. 1559; 105 H.R. 120; 105 H.R. 764; 105 H.R. 1596; 105 H.R. 2500; 105 H.R. 2592; 105 H.R. 3146; 105 H.R. 3150; 105 H.R. 4239; 105 H.R. 4393; 105 S. 1024; 105 S. 1301; 105 S. 1914; 106 H.R. 833; 106 H.R. 1161; 106 H.R. 2415; 106 H.R. 4541; 106 H.Res. 158; 106 H.Con.Res. 427; 106 H.Res. 624; 106 S. 625; 106 S. 3046; 106 S. 3186; 107 H.R. 333; 107 H.R. 3211; 107 H.R. 5745; 107 H.Res. 71; 107 H.Res. 506; 107 H.Res. 606; 107 S. 220; 107 S. 420; 108 H.R. 975; 108 H.R. 1428; 108 S. 1061; 108 H.R. 1529; 108 H.R. 2120; 108 H.Res. 147; 108 H.Res. 503; 108 S. 1920; 109 H.R. 685; 109 H.Res. 211 Access content through controlled vocabulary indexing: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act; Federal Deposit Insurance Act; Federal Credit Union Act; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act; Securities Investor Protection Act; Truth In Lending Act; bankruptcy; small business; business debt; consumers; personal and family income; personal debt; taxation; claims; foreign economic relations; farms And farmers; families; fish And fishing industry; consumer protection; Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement Act; Bankruptcy Judgeship Act Access all Congressional Record debate, Access all related reports, 105 th -109 th Congress Access all related hearings, 105 th -109 th Congress Access committee prints and miscellaneous publications Weekly Compilation citation Note: partial full-text access is provided to all subscribers; complete full text coverage is made available through digital modules

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