legislation: 107-s-2820

Congressional bills and resolutions from Congress.gov, filtered to policy areas relevant to environmental, health, agriculture, and wildlife regulation.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

This data as json

bill_id congress bill_type bill_number title policy_area introduced_date latest_action_date latest_action_text origin_chamber sponsor_name sponsor_state sponsor_party sponsor_bioguide_id cosponsor_count summary_text update_date url
107-s-2820 107 s 2820 A bill to increase the priority dollar amount for unsecured claims, and for other purposes. Finance and Financial Sector 2002-07-30 2002-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7581) Senate Sen. Carnahan, Jean [D-MO] MO D C001043 3 Amends Federal bankruptcy law to increase from $4,650 to $13,500 the maximum amount of a claim to recover employee wages and benefits that has priority ranking among unsecured creditor claims.Authorizes the bankruptcy court to avoid any transfer of compensation paid to an employee, officer, or member of the board of directors of a debtor in the 90 days preceding the bankruptcy petition date if the court finds that the compensation is either out of the ordinary course of business, or that it constitutes unjust enrichment. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2820

Links from other tables