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Title 11 — Bankruptcy

Chapter 3 — Case Administration

§ 307. United States trustee

Statutory text

The United States trustee may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case or proceeding under this title but may not file a plan pursuant to section 1121(c) of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–554 title II § 205(a) · 100 Stat. 3088

    Enacted · 11 U.S.C. § 307

    (Added Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 205(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 205(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) 11 USC 301 et seq. Authority.— Subchapter I of chapter 3 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “§ 307. United States trustee “The United States trustee may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case or proceeding under this title but may not file a plan pursuant to section 1121(c) of this title.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Effective date and applicability of section dependent upon the judicial district involved, see section 302(d), (e) of Pub. L. 99–554, set out as a note under section 581 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Standing and Authority of Bankruptcy Administrator

Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 317(b), , 104 Stat. 5115, provided that: “A bankruptcy administrator may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case under title 11, United States Code, but may not file a plan pursuant to section 1121(c) of such title.”

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 205(a), , 100 Stat. 3098.)

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