{"id":4731,"date":"2019-10-22T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2019-09-30T11:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:30:47","slug":"president-signed-into-law-four-bi-partisan-bi-cameral-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=4731","title":{"rendered":"President Signed into Law Four Bi-partisan, Bi-cameral Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 23, 2019, the President signed into law four bipartisan, bicameral bills passed by Congress: the &#8220;Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019;&#8221; the &#8220;Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019:&#8221; the &#8220;National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019;&#8221; and the &#8220;Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.&#8221; The &#8220;Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019&#8221; increases the debt limit used to determine whether a family farmer is eligible for relief under Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code. The &#8220;Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019&#8221; excludes certain benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense from the calculation of monthly income for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Code&#8217;s means test. The &#8220;National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019&#8221; extends for four years, through December 18, 2023, the exemption from certain bankruptcy means-testing for members of the National Guard and reservists of the Armed Forces. The &#8220;Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019&#8221; establishes a sub chapter, within chapter 11, under which small business debtors can reorganize using more simplified and expedited procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/bankruptcy-grunge-vintage-stamp-isolated-white-background-bankruptcy-sign-bankruptcy-stamp-148404453.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"184\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are thinking of filing for bankruptcy and would like to speak\nto an attorney, call our law office at 816-524-4949 or visit our website at\nHoorfarlaw.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 23, 2019, the President signed into law four bipartisan, bicameral bills passed by Congress: the &#8220;Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019;&#8221; the &#8220;Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019:&#8221; the &#8220;National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=4731\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4732,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions\/4732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}