H.R. 2533: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011
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H.R. 2533: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-14 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011
Plain summary
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require chapter 11 (Reorganization) bankruptcy cases filed by corporations to be commenced in the district court for the district in which: (1) the corporation's principal place of business or principal assets in the United States have been located for one year immediately preceding such commencement, or for a longer portion of such one-year period than such corporation's U.S. principal place of business or principal assets were located in any other district; or (2) an affiliate of such corporation has a liquidation case pending, if the affiliate owns, controls, or holds with power to vote over 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation. Applies such venue requirements only to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.
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Official text
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] · 3 cosponsors
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Steve Cohen (D-TN)
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- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2533.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2533 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112