US Congress House Bill 2533 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-09-08 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require chapter 11 (Reorganization) bankruptcy cases filed by corporations to be commenced in the district court for the district in which: (1) the corporation's principal place of business or principal assets in the United States have been located for one year immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-year period than such corporation's U.S. principal place of business or principal assets were located in any other district; or (2) an affiliate of such corporation has a liquidation case pending, if the affiliate owns, controls, or holds with power to vote over 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation. Applies such venue requirements only to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]

Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2011-07-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2533/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2533/BILLS-112hr2533ih.pdf