Bankruptcy trustees would get a pay raise and temporary bankruptcy judge positions would be extended.
This bill would increase the pay for Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, who haven't seen a raise since 1994, from $60 to $120 per case. It would also extend the terms of temporary bankruptcy judge offices in several states for an additional five years. These changes aim to improve the functioning and funding of the bankruptcy system without using taxpayer dollars.
Today, Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees receive $60 per case, a rate unchanged since 1994, and several temporary bankruptcy judge positions are set to expire. After this bill, Chapter 7 trustees would be paid $120 per case, and the terms for those temporary bankruptcy judge offices would be extended for an additional five years. The bill would also adjust how certain bankruptcy fees are distributed, including an increase in quarterly fees for some Chapter 11 cases, and direct $5,400,000 of those fees to the general fund of the Treasury.
HR 3867 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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