Business Debtor, Chapter 11
The Conference’s work on how enterprises of all reorganize under chapter 11 to preserve value and jobs—plan confirmation, valuation and priority, releases, and cross-border cases—and the targeted fixes that keep reorganization working as intended.
Where the Conference shapes the law of chapter 11 reorganization.
The Business Debtor Committee examines how large and complex enterprises reorganize under chapter 11 — the mechanics of plan confirmation, valuation and priority, releases, and cross-border coordination. Its reports propose targeted amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and flag where the case law has drifted from what Congress intended.
Chapter 11 reform
Structural fixes for large, complex, and cross-border reorganizations.
Legislative comment
The Conference’s position on bills that reach business bankruptcy.
Case analysis
Reading key decisions and flagging where the law has drifted from Congress’s intent.
The full committee
Reports & positions on chapter 11 reorganization.
Business Debtor Committee Report
The solvent-debtor exception to the bar on postpetition interest, traced from English common law through the Bankruptcy Act to today’s Code.
Read Conferees onlyChapter 16 Proposal — Cover Memo
A status report on the proposed chapter 16 — a streamlined restructuring of funded debt that leaves other creditors and equity unimpaired.
Read Conferees onlyBusiness Debtor Redline: Chapter 16
The Expedited Reorganization Act of 2025 in redline — draft text of a new chapter 16 for adjusting business debtors’ borrowed-money debt.
ReadWeighing a chapter 11 reform?
Get the Conference’s non-partisan read — and a direct line for technical assistance on business-reorganization questions.