I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6349 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase the maximum 
amount that may be paid to trustees for services rendered; to repeal 
provisions relating the trustee administration of certain employee pension 
plans; and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. ROSS of Florida (for himself, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase 
the maximum amount that may be paid to trustees for 
services rendered; to repeal provisions relating the trustee 
administration of certain employee pension plans; and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bankruptcy Adminis-
tration Improvement Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES IN CASES UNDER 
CHAPTER 7. 
Title 11 of the United States Code is amended— 
(1) in section 104— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘330(b)(2),’’ after 
‘‘303(b),’’, 
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(iii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘(2)’’, 
and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) with respect to the amount specified in 
section 330(b)(2), to round to the nearest $5 the 
dollar amount that represents such change.’’, and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(b) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘330(b)(2),’’ after ‘‘303(b),’’, and 
(2) in section 330— 
(A) by amending subsection (a)(7) to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(7) In determining the amount of reasonable com-
pensation to be awarded to a trustee under chapter 7, the 
court shall treat such compensation as a commission, 
based on section 326(a).’’, and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘$15’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$75’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF FILING FEES IN CASES 
UNDER CHAPTER 7. 
The last sentence of section 1930(f)(1) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(excluding 
any part of such fee that is required under section 330(b) 
of title 11 to be paid to a trustee and that such individual 
is able to pay in installments)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT 
PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 521(a) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(2) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a period, and 
(3) by striking paragraph (7). 
(b) DUTIES OF TRUSTEES.—Section 704(a) of title 
11, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (10) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(2) by striking paragraph (11), and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (11). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1106(a)(1) 
of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘(11),’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month that 
begins more than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on or after the effective date of this Act. 
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