For Congress

Non-partisan bankruptcy expertise for Congress.

The Conference is a volunteer, public-service body that provides expert, non-partisan analysis of bankruptcy law. Members of Congress, committees, and their staffs can ask the Conference for non-partisan technical assistance on bankruptcy law.

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How it helps

What Congress can ask the Conference for.

Whatever the question, the answer comes from the same standing body of experts, and carries no agenda.

Technical analysis

A non-partisan read on how a proposed provision would actually operate, and its unintended consequences.

Testimony

Expert witnesses at Congressional hearings on bankruptcy legislation.

Comments on the Code & Rules

Formal comment on proposed amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules.

Drafting & language review

Refining proposed statutory text so it does what it’s meant to.

Rapid technical assistance

Quick, specific answers to a committee’s or staffer’s question.

How each one works

On the record

What the Conference has put before Congress.

Every position is public, cited, and drawn from the Conference’s archive.

56

Letters to Congress

Letters to members and committees of Congress on pending bankruptcy legislation.

All 56 letters to Congress

11

Testimony

Statements the Conference has submitted for congressional hearings on bankruptcy law.

All 11 statements

15

Letters to the Rules Committee

Comments on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

All 15 Rules Committee letters

Legislation

Bills the Conference has written about.

Every bill named in the Conference’s public letters and testimony, newest first.

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A question about a bankruptcy provision?

Non-partisan analysis, testimony, and drafting help from the nation’s leading bankruptcy experts. No fee, no agenda — on the record when you need it.

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