103rd Congress / Bills / S 540

Title

A bill to improve the administration of the bankruptcy system, address certain commercial issues and consumer issues in bankruptcy, and establish a commission to study and make recommendations on problems with the bankruptcy system, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
4/21/94	Senate	Passed	Session 2, roll call 96: On Passage of the Bill s.540, as amended; Bankruptcy Amendments Act of 1993 National Bankruptcy Review Commission Act
4/20/94	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 95: On the Motion to Table motion to table Reid amdt.; To amend section 109 of title 11, United States Code, to preclude a person from being a debtor under chapter 13 of that title if the person has previously been such a debtor within 3 years.
4/20/94	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 94: On the Amendment McCain Amdt. No. 1632; To express the sense of the Senate that all parking areas reserved at Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport for Members of Congress and other Government officials should be open for use by the public, and for other purposes.