A bill to amend the Bankruptcy Act to abolish the referees' salary and expense fund, to provide that fees and charges collected by the clerk of a court of bankruptcy in bankruptcy proceedings be paid into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, to provide that salaries and expenses of referees be paid from the general fund of the Treasury, and to eliminate the statutory criteria presently required to be considered by the Judiciary Conference in fixing salaries of full-time referees.

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Abolishes the referees' salary and expense fund established in the Treasury under the Bankruptcy Act in order to pay the salaries of referees in bankruptcy. Provides that fees and charges collected by the clerk of a court of bankruptcy shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, and that the salaries and expenses of referees shall be paid out of annual appropriations from the general fund of the Treausry. Eliminates the statutory criteria presently required to be considered by the Judicial Conference in fixing the salaries of full-time referees.

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  summary · EN · 21 April 1975

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