HR 428 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2021

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 5, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2021

This bill prohibits debtors in bankruptcy proceedings from paying bonuses to certain individuals for two years, including insiders (such as relatives) and highly compensated employees.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  2. Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5554No Bonuses in Bankruptcy Act of 2021Related billNov 1, 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House

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