Rules Suggestions
The Advisory Committees evaluate in the first instance suggestions to amend the Federal Rules.
| Name of Individual and/or Organization | Date Received |
Committee |
Rule or Form | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-BK-I) | 08/04/2022 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |
| Tom Scherer (00-BK-G) | 06/26/2000 | Bankruptcy | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailings Containing Federal Court Documents | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-BK-D) | 06/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. Wesley Steen (06-BK-C) | 06/26/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3019 | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-D) | 03/23/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Kathleen Crosser (09-BK-G) | 10/07/2009 | Bankruptcy | Chapter 15 Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (19-BK-I) | 08/21/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding DSO certification. | Considered |
| Neil Enmark, Esq. (13-BK-J) | 09/23/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2016(b) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-M) | 09/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006(g) | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-D) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rules 1007 and 5009(b) | Pending consideration |
| Experian (03-BK-E) | 10/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Direct Access of SSN Exclusion for Credit Reporting Agencies | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (18-BK-H) | 11/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Vincent Zurzolo (08-BK-H) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9014(b) | Considered |
| Alan N. Resnick (12-BK-H) | 03/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | New Rule 8018.1 | Considered |
| Hon. Linda Riegle (10-BK-J) | 01/14/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1014 | Considered |
| Hon. James A. Pusateri (00-BK-H) | 08/14/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Hon. Pamela S. Hollis (17-BK-C) | 06/20/2017 | Bankruptcy | Form 423 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Working Group (06-BK-D) | 08/18/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rules 8006, 8007 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity) (09-BK-H) | 11/17/2009 | Bankruptcy | Individual Chapter 11 Cases, Rule 3007(a) Hearings Following Objections to Claims | Considered |
| Mike Bates, Esq (13-BK-K) | 09/23/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B27 | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-H) | 04/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Pro se electronic signatures and CM/ECF | Considered |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Form 309 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. David H. Adams (98-BK-D) | 10/15/1998 | Bankruptcy | Service of Motions and Pleadings on Corporations, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (23-BK-C) | 02/27/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rules 9014, 9017, and proposed new Rule 7043 | |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (03-BK-F) | 10/21/2003 | Bankruptcy | Incorporation of Civil Procedure Rule 5.1 | Considered |
| Sandra Milburn (18-BK-I) | 12/05/2018 | Bankruptcy | Statement of Intention | Considered |
| Hon. Colleen Brown (08-BK-I) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Form 3B | Considered |
| Hon. John E. Waites (12-BK-I) | 04/10/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1006(b) | Considered |
| Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) | 01/29/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (10-BK-K) | 02/03/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4008(a) | Considered |