Text of Senate Amendment 6122

On 2026-06-24, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6122" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6122

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3329] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6122. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEBT LIMIT MODIFICATIONS. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026''. (b) Modification to the Small Business Bankruptcy Debt Limit.--Section 1182(1) of title 11, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(1) Debtor.--The term `debtor'-- ``(A) subject to subparagraph (B), means a person engaged in commercial or business activities (including any affiliate of such person that is also a debtor under this title and excluding a person whose primary activity is the business of owning single asset real estate) that has aggregate noncontingent liquidated secured and unsecured debts as of the date of the filing of the petition or the date of the order for relief in an amount not more than $7,500,000 (excluding debts owed to 1 or more affiliates or insiders) not less than 50 percent of which arose from the commercial or business activities of the debtor; and ``(B) does not include-- ``(i) any member of a group of affiliated debtors under this title that has aggregate noncontingent liquidated secured and unsecured debts in an amount greater than $7,500,000 (excluding debt owed to 1 or more affiliates or insiders); ``(ii) any debtor that is a corporation subject to the reporting requirements under section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m, 78o(d)); or ``(iii) any debtor that is an affiliate of a corporation described in clause (ii).''. (c) Modification to the Consumer Bankruptcy Debt Limit.-- Section 109 of title 11, United States Code is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ``(e) Only an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated debts that aggregate less than $2,750,000 or an individual with regular income and such individual's spouse, except a stockbroker or a commodity broker, that owe, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated debts that aggregate less than $2,750,000 may be a debtor under chapter 13 of this title.''. (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to any case that is commenced under title 11, United States Code, on or after the date of enactment of this Act. ______