28 U.S.C. § 586
Duties; supervision by Attorney General
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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Each United States trustee, within the region for which such United States trustee is appointed, shall—
supervise the administration of cases and trustees in cases under chapter 7, 11 (including subchapter V of chapter 11), 12, 13, or 15 of title 11 by, whenever the United States trustee considers it to be appropriate—
in each of such small business cases—
conduct an initial debtor interview as soon as practicable after the date of the order for relief but before the first meeting scheduled under section 341(a) of title 11, at which time the United States trustee shall—
The Attorney General, after consultation with a United States trustee that has appointed an individual under subsection (b) of this section to serve as standing trustee in cases under subchapter V of chapter 11 or chapter 12 or 13 of title 11, shall fix—
a maximum annual compensation for such individual consisting of—
a percentage fee not to exceed—
in the case of a debtor who is a family farmer, the sum of—
Such individual shall collect such percentage fee from all payments received by such individual under plans in the cases under subchapter V of chapter 11 or chapter 12 or 13 of title 11 for which such individual serves as standing trustee. Such individual shall pay to the United States trustee, and the United States trustee shall deposit in the United States Trustee System Fund—
any amount by which the percentage for all such cases exceeds—
If a material misstatement of income or expenditures or of assets is reported, the United States trustee shall—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991
- Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally