Bankruptcy Reforms Senate Bill Amendments

Date Amendment Title and Purpose Vote
03/07/2001 S.AMDT.13 Senator Leahy To provide small business creditors priority over larger businesses relating to distribution of the bankruptcy estate. Failed 58 - 41
03/07/2001 S.AMDT.14 Senator Wellstone To create an exemption for certain debtors that can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that the reason for the filing was a result of debts incurred through medical expenses. Failed 34 - 65
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.15 Senator Leahy for Senator Baucus To clarify provisions relating to involuntary cases. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.16 Senator Collins To provide family fishermen with the same kind of protections and terms as granted to family farmers under chapter 12 of the bankruptcy laws Passed Unanimous
03/07/2001 S.AMDT.17 Senator Durbin To make an amendment with respect to predatory lending practices, and for other purposes Failed 50 -49
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.19 Senator Reid for Senator Leahy To correct the treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of means testing. Passed 56 - 43
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.20 Senator Leahy To resolve an ambiguity relating to the definition of current monthly income. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.24 Senator Leahy for Senator Feinstein To amend the definition of a bankruptcy petition preparer Passed Unanimous
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.25 Senator Schumer To make an amendment with respect to the preservation of claims and defenses upon the sale or transfer of a predatory loan Failed 44 - 55
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.26 Senator Kerry To strike certain provisions relating to small businesses, and for other purposes Failed 55 - 41
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.27 Senator Feinstein To make an amendment with respect to extensions of credit to underage consumers. Failed 54 - 42
03/09/2001 S.AMDT.28 Senator Bingaman To increase the authorization of appropriations for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy emergency planning programs, to increase Federal energy efficiency by facilitating the use of private-sector partnerships to prevent energy and water waste, and for other purposes Passed Voice Vote
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.29 Senator Conrad To establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare. Failed 53 - 47
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.30 Senator Leahy for Senator Kohl To provide for a clarification of postpetition wages and benefits. Passed Unanimous
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.32 Senator Sessions To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds. Failed 52 - 48
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.35 Senator Wellstone. To clarify the duties of a debtor who is the plan administrator of an employee benefit plan. Passed Unanimous
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.36 Senator Wellstone To disallow certain claims and prohibit coercive debt collection practices. Failed 58 - 41
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.37 Senator Wellstone To provide that imports of semifinished steel slabs shall be considered to be articles like or directly competitive with taconite pellets for purposes of determining the eligibility of certain workers for trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. Withdrawn
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.38 Senator Kennedy To allow for reasonable medical expenses, and for other purposes Passed Unanimous
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.39 Senator Kennedy To remove the dollar limitation on retirement savings protected in bankruptcy Failed 39 - 61 
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.40 Senator Carnahan To ensure additional expenses associated with home energy costs are included in the debtor's monthly expenses Unanimous
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.41 Senator Leahy To protect the identities of minor children in bankruptcy proceedings. Passed 99 - 0
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.42 Senator Boxer To strike section 310 (limitation on luxury goods) to prevent credit card debt from being routinely elevated to the same protected status as child support and alimony obligations after bankruptcy. Passed Voice Vote
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.43 To address exceptions to discharge Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.45 Senator Hatch for Senator Bond To make amendments with respect to filings by small business concerns, and for other purposes. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.49 Senator Leahy for Senator Feingold To provide that the Federal election law fines and penalties are nondischargeable debts. Passed Unanimous
3/15/2001 S.AMDT.50 Senator Leahy for Senator Feingold To provide that political committees may not file for bankruptcy. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.51 Senator Feingold To strike section 1310, relating to barring certain foreign judgments. Passed 79 - 18
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.54 Senator Leahy To encourage debtors to file in chapter 13 to repay their debts. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.58 Senator Hatch for Senator Sessions To make an amendment to preserve the existing bankruptcy appellate structure while providing a mechanism for obtaining early review by the court of appeals in appropriate circumstances. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.59 Senator Sessions To provide certain certification filing guidelines for lessors seeking possession of residential property through eviction. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.60 Senator Hatch for Senator Gramm To make technical corrections to Title IX-Financial Contract Provisions. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.66 Senator Leahy To save taxpayers $4,000,000 over 5 years, the costs associated with the storage of the tax returns of debtors in certain bankruptcy cases, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.68 Senator Kohl
To limit the value of certain real and personal property that a debtor may elect to exempt under State or local law, and for other purposes. Passed Voice Vote
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.70 Senator Wellstone To change the relevant time period in determining current monthly income. Failed 22 - 77
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.71 Senator Wellstone To address the acceptable period of time between the filing of petitions for relief under chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code. Failed 36 - 63
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.73 Senator Wellstone To create an exemption for certain debtors. Withdrawn
03/13/2001 S.AMDT.75 Senator Dodd To amend the Truth in Lending Act with respect to extensions of credit to consumers under the age of 21. Failed 58 - 41
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.78 Senator Wyden To provide for the nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy Failed 67 - 30
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.81 Senator Leahy for Senator Reed To require the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the reaffirmation process, and for other purposes. Passed Unanimous
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.93 Senator Reid for Senator Durbin To provide a complete substitute. Failed 64 -35
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.94 Senator Reid for Senator Breaux To provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to ergonomics. Withdrawn
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.95 Senator Smith OR To provide for the nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy Failed 
03/14/2001 S.AMDT.96 Amendment SA 96 proposed by Senator Hatch to Amendment SA 93 Withdrawn
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.104 Senator Clinton To provide for notice to an expense of domestic support claims. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.105 Senator Leahy To change the period for no cramdown of debt secured by an automobile from 5 years to 3 years. Passed Voice Vote
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.106 Senator Hatch To improve the bill. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.107 Senator Hatch for Senator Ensign To provide for an additional bankruptcy judgeship for the district of Nevada. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.108 Senator Leahy for Senator Boxer To correct the treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of means testing. Passed Unanimous
03/15/2001 S.AMDT.109 Senator Hatch for Senator Grassley To provide that the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall promulgate final regulations to carry out certain sections of the Federal Crop Insurance Act by no later than August 1, 2001. Passed Unanimous
03/14/2001 Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 19. Record Vote Number: 29.
03/15/2001 Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 83 - 15. Record Vote Number: 36.