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To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for the judicial district of Maryland. (Introduced in Senate)
To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment
of additional bankruptcy judges for the judicial district of Maryland.
(Introduced in Senate)

S 454 IS

To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the
appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for the judicial district of
Maryland.

February 24, 1999

Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Ms. MIKULSKI) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary

To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the
appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for the judicial district of
Maryland.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.

In section 152(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, in the
item relating to the judicial district of Maryland, strike `4' and
insert `8'.

To reenact chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide student borrowers with basic rights, including the right to timely information about their loans and the right to make fair and reasonable loan payments, and for other purposes.

A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

A bill to protect consumers, creditors, workers, pensioners, shareholders, and small businesses, by reforming the rules governing venue in bankruptcy cases to combat forum shopping by corporate debtors.

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Prohibits pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer agreements.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each lender entering into an educational loan arrangement with a postsecondary school to: (1) report annually to the Secretary of Education specified information concerning such arrangement\; (2) inform borrowers of their loan options under title IV (Student Assistance) before extending private educational loans for attendance at such school\; and (3) be barred by such school from marketing such loans in a manner implying the school's endorsement.

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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S 2183 ES

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.

(a) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR 1997- Section 116(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended--

(1) in item (aa), by striking `the State family assistance grant' and inserting `the sum of the State family assistance grant and the amount, if any, that the State would have been eligible to be paid under the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of this Act), during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Secretary of Health and Human Services first receives from the State a plan described in section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with respect to such State, the effective date of this Act under subsection (a)(1) were August 22, 1996,'; and

(2) in item (bb)--

(A) by inserting `sum of the' before `State family assistance grant'; and

(B) by striking the period and inserting `, and the amount, if any, that the State would have been eligible to be paid under the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of this Act), during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Secretary of Health and Human Services first receives from the State a plan described in section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with respect to such State, the effective date of this Act under subsection (a)(1) were August 22, 1996.'.

(b) CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR STATE WELFARE PROGRAMS- Section 403(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 103(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, is amended--

(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking `minus any Federal payment with respect to such child care expenditures'; and

(2) in clause (ii)(I)--

(A) by inserting `the sum of' before `the expenditures'; and

(B) by inserting `, and any additional qualified State expenditures, as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i), for child care assistance made under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990' before the semicolon.

(c) CLARIFICATION OF HEADING- The heading of section 116(b)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended by inserting `; LIMITATION ON FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997 PAYMENTS' after `DATE'.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions of and the amendments made by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

Section 11 of the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act (Public Law 103-318; 7 U.S.C. 2661 note) is amended by striking `the earlier' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting `September 30, 1997.'.

Passed the Senate October 1, 1996.

Attest:

Secretary.

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

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