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	COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA May 14-16, 1997 See Dates For Locations This Agenda Is Subject To Change - Draft Dated May 8, 1997
	Wednesday, May 14, 1997
	Location	George Washington University Law School 720 20th Street, N.W. Room LL101 Washington, D.C.
	8:15am - 8:30am	Opening Remarks and Administrative Matters Congressional legislation Certification of February meeting minutes
	8:30am - 10:15am	Open Forum\Invited Witnesses A. Panel: Corporate\Small Business Bankruptcies - Dean Douglas Baird, Richard Breeden, Hugh Ray, Myer Sigal, and Prof. James White B. Consumer Bankruptcy Data - Prof. Ian Domowitz, Northwestern University:
	10:15am - 10:30am	Break
	10:30 a.m - 12:00pm	Plenary Session: Discharge and Dischargeability [Materials distributed May 8, 1997]
	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch Recess
	1:00pm - 3:00pm	Forum on Issues Faced by Consumer Debtors
	3:00pm - 3:15pm	Break
	3:15pm - 5:00pm	Plenary Session I: Pending Matters [All materials distributed May 8, 1997 unless otherwise noted] Chapter 12 Proposal No. 1 - Direct payment plans Chapter 12 Proposal No. 2 - Sunset provision Government Working Group Proposal No. 21 Chapter 9: Elimination of Section 921(b) Government Working Group Proposal No. 22 Chapter 9: Treatment of municipal obligations
	3:15pm - 5:00pm	Plenary Session I: Pending Matters (Continued) Government Working Group Proposal No. 23 Chapter 9: Inclusion of "employees" in Section 922(a) Government Working Group Proposal No. 24 Consensus tax matters [Interim report distributed April 11 and 17, 1997; additional materials to be distributed] Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 7 - Section 363(f) Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 8 - Postconfirmation plan modification
	5:00pm - 5:40pm	Presentations: Commercial Law League ofamerica Ad Hoc Secured Creditor Group
	5:40pm	Recess

	Thursday, May 15, 1997
	Location	Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center 1000 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. (In conjunction with the ABI Annual Spring Meeting at this location)
	8:00am - 8:05am	Administrative Matters Report on May 9 Regional Meeting Update on June 6 Regional Meeting
	8:05am - 9:15am	Plenary Session II: Partnership Issues [Materials distributed May 8, 1997] Discussion of Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 3 Effect of general partner's or LLC member's bankruptcy
	9:15am - 11:15am	Plenary Session: Conflicts of Interest [Materials distributed May 8, 1997] Memorandum dated May 1, 1997 by Professor Lawrence P. King and Elizabeth I. Holland [distributed May 8, 1997] Memorandum dated April 29, 1997 by Commissioner Edith H. Jones and Professor Todd J. Zywicki [distributed April 29, 1997]
	11:15 am - 11:30am	Break
	11:30am - 1:00pm	Plenary Session: Single Asset Real Estate Issues\Discussion Only [Materials distributed May 8, 1997 unless otherwise noted] Congressional testimony Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 4 Elimination of the $4 million cap Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 5 Clarification of Section 362(d)(3)(B) [to be distributed]
	1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Recess
	2:00pm - 4:00pm	Meeting of Chapter 11 Working Group [Materials distributed May 8, 1997] Prepackaged plans of reorganization Pre-bankruptcy waivers Meeting of Government Working Group Government Working Group Proposal No. 2 Repeal of Section 724(b) [distributed April 11, 1997] Government Working Group Proposal No. 3 Allocation of trust fund tax payments [distributed September 4, 1996] Meeting of Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group [Materials distributed April 25, 1997] Preferences
	4:00pm - 4:15pm	Recess
	4:30pm - 5:30pm	Final Report from the Tax Advisory Committee [Final Report to be distributed]
	5:30pm	Recess

	Friday, May 16, 1997
	Location	Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center 1000 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. (In conjunction with the ABI Annual Spring Meeting at this location)
	8:00am - 8:15am	Administrative Matters
	8:15am - 9:45am	Plenary Session III: Pending Matters [Materials distributed May 8, 1997 unless otherwise noted] Consumer Bankruptcy Working Group Proposal No. 1 Uniform federal exemptions Consumer Bankruptcy Framework Draft No. 2 Mass Torts, Future Claims Working Group Proposal No. 1 Treatment of future claims in bankruptcy Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 3 Effect of general partner's or LLC member's bankruptcy Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 4 Elimination of the $4 million cap and related issues
	9:45am - 10:00am	Break
	10:00am - 12:00pm	Plenary Session: Chapter 11\Small Business Issues [Materials distributed May 2, 1997] Discussion of Chapter 11 issues and Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 1 - Small business proposal
	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
	1:00pm - 2:15pm	Plenary Session III: Pending Matters (Continued from Morning Session)
	2:15pm - 3:30pm	Open Forum Issues Related to the United States Trustee Program General
	3:30pm	Adjournment