Senate

To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Amends the Bankruptcy Code to provide further protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcy cases.

A bill to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability.

A bill to require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, to create databases on foreclosures, and for other purposes.

To require hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.

To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for health care and employee benefits, and for other purposes. (Introduced in Senate)

To make chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code permanent, and for other purposes.

To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the distribution of any negotiable check or other instrument with any solicitation to a consumer by a creditor to open an account under any consumer credit plan or to engage in any other credit transaction which is subject to that Act, and for other purposes.

To make chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code permanent, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to limit the availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified deferred compensation plans in the event that any of the employer's defined benefit pension plans are subjected to a distress or PBGC termination in connection with bankruptcy reorganization or a conversion to a cash balance plan, to provide appropriate funding restrictions in connection with the maintenance of nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and to provide for appropriate disclosure with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans.