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SP COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
June 19-20, 1997
Theodore Levin United States Courthouse
231 West Lafayette Boulevard - Room 115
Detroit, Michigan

Revised June 19, 1997 - Subject To Change

Thursday, June 19, 1997

8:00am - 9:45am

Service to the Estate and Ethics Working Group Session
United States Trustee Program
(Also, rules/guidelines on committee formation)

10:00am - 10:05am

Opening Remarks and Administrative Matters
Congressional legislation
Approval of April meeting minutes

10:05am - 10:55am

Presentations:
American Bankruptcy Institute/Consumer Proposals
Judges Panel: Hon. Keith Lundin, Hon. Arthur Spector and Hon. Arthur Weissbrodt
National Housewares Manufacturers Association

10:55am - 12:30pm

Plenary Session/Voting:
Government Working Group Proposal No. 2
Amendment of Section 724(b) [distributed June 6, 1997]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 8
Burden of Proof on Tax Matters [distributed June 10, 1997]

Government Working Group Proposal No. 13
Exception of Tax Refund Setoffs under Section 362(a) [distributed June 10, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 5
Exclusion of Payroll Deductions from Property of the Estate [prepared by Commissioner Ceccotti; distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 7
Clarification of Section 363(f) [distributed June 5, 1997]

Reconsideration of Service to the Estate & Ethics Working Grp. Proposal No. 1
Disinterestedness [distributed August 22, 1996, additional materials distributed June 19, 1997]

Service to the Estate & Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 4
Conflict of Interest Standard [distributed May 8, 1997]

Mass Torts/Future Claims Working Group Proposal No. 1
Treatment of Future Claims in Bankruptcy [distributed June 19, 1997]

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch Recess

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Plenary Session/Voting:
Consumer Bankruptcy: Dischargeability Issues [distributed June 5, 1997]
A. Education Loans
B. Credit Card Obligations
C. Cash Advances for Gambling
D. Superdischarge
E. Treatment of Nondischargeable Debt in Chapter 13

Consumer Bankruptcy Framework [distributed June 10, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 9
Prebankruptcy Waivers [distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 10
Prepackaged Plans of Reorganization: Prepetition Solicitation [distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 11
Prepackaged Plans of Reorganization: Postpetition Solicitation [distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 12
Prepackaged Plans of Reorganization: Section 341 Meetings [distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 13
Impairment [distributed June 12, 1997]

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 14
Eliminating the Prohibition on Non-Voting Equity Securities [distributed June 10, 1997]

4:30pm - 5:30pm

In Forma Pauperis Discussion / Open Forum

5:30pm

Recess

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Friday, June 20, 1997

8:30am - 9:30am

Open Forum/Invited Participants
UAW Legal Department: Michael Nicholson and Daniel Sherrick

9:30am - 10:45am

Plenary Session/Voting
Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group Proposal No. 12
Preferences: Increase Minimum Avoidable Amount [distributed June 5, 1997]

Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group Proposal No. 13
Preferences: Venue of Preference Actions under $10,000 [distributed June 5, 1997]

Jurisdiction and Procedure Working Group Proposal No. 14
Preferences: Amendment of Section 547(c)(2)(B) [distributed June 5, 1997]

Service to the Estate and Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 8
Treatment of Attorney Referral Services [distributed June 5, 1997]

Service to the Estate and Ethics Working Group Proposal No. 9
United States Trustee Program

Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 15
Employee Participation in Bankruptcy Cases
[prepared by Commissioner Ceccotti; distributed June 10, 1997; additional materials distributed June 12, 1997]

Reconsideration of Chapter 11 Working Group Proposal No. 2
Claims Classification [distributed September 4, 1996; additional materials distributed June 12, 1997]

10:45am - 11:00am

Break

11:00am - 12:30pm

Plenary Voting: Small Business, Single Asset and Partnership Issues (Including $4 million cap and interest provision)
Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 1
Small Business Proposal [distributed June 12, 1997]

Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 2
Treatment of Non-Debtor Partners in Partnership Bankruptcy Cases [distributed June 12, 1997]

Small Business Working Group Proposal No. 3
Effects of General Partner's or LLC Member's Bankruptcy Filing [distributed June 16, 1997]

Small Business Working Group Proposals:
Single Asset Cases (Definition of "Single Asset"/$4 Million Cap/Interest" Discussion only only per Commissioner Gose) [to be distributed]

12:30pm - 1:15pm

Lunch Recess

1:15pm - 3:00pm

Plenary Discussion: Tax Issues/Section 105/Section 362(b)
(With Participants)
[distributed June 16, 1997]

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Break

3:15pm - 5:00pm

Plenary Discussion: Chapter 11 Mediation/Examiners (With Participants) [distributed June 10, 1997]

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