| 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. |