[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5472 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5472

 To extend for 6 months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of 
                  the United States Code is reenacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2002

Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend for 6 months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of 
                  the United States Code is reenacted.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Family Farmers Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. 6-MONTH EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR WHICH CHAPTER 12 OF TITLE 11 OF 
              THE UNITED STATES CODE IS REENACTED.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 149 of title I of division C of Public Law 
105-277 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2003'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``July 1, 2003''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``May 31, 2002'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2002''; and
                    (B) by striking ``June 1, 2002'' and inserting 
                ``January 1, 2003''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2003.
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