Court System & Bankruptcy Administration
The Conference’s work on the courts that hear bankruptcy cases and the system that runs them — bankruptcy judges’ constitutional authority, venue, appeals, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the U.S. Trustee Program — and the targeted fixes that keep the system working as Congress intended.
Where the Conference shapes how bankruptcy courts are run.
The Court System & Bankruptcy Administration Committee examines the machinery behind every case — whether bankruptcy judges may enter final judgments after Stern v. Marshall, where corporate cases may be filed, how appeals reach the circuit courts, and how the Bankruptcy Rules and the U.S. Trustee Program are shaped. Its reports propose targeted amendments to the Code, title 28, and the Rules, and flag where the case law has drifted from what Congress intended.
Court authority
What bankruptcy judges may finally decide under Article III after Stern v. Marshall.
Venue
Where a corporate case may be filed, and the limits on forum shopping.
Rules & appeals
The Conference’s comments on the Bankruptcy Rules and on how appeals reach the circuits.
The full committee
Reports & positions on the bankruptcy court system.
Comments on the Restyled Bankruptcy Rules
The Conference’s drafting comments on the restyled Bankruptcy Rules — where new wording would change a rule’s meaning or make the rules harder to cite.
Read Conferees onlyBankruptcy and Forfeiture Proceedings
Where bankruptcy’s creditor-priority distribution collides with criminal forfeiture — and the discrete fixes the Conference backed instead of an overhaul.
Read Conferees onlyStern, Arkison, and Bankruptcy Court Authority
How Stern v. Marshall and Arkison unsettled bankruptcy judges’ Article III authority — and why the Conference’s 2012 fix to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157–158 still holds.
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Get the Conference’s non-partisan read — and a direct line for technical assistance on bankruptcy court authority, venue, and the Bankruptcy Rules.