I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3553 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to increase the amount of 
compensation paid to chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for services rendered. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. MARINO (for himself and Mr. PERLMUTTER) 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 amount of compensation paid to chapter 7 bank-
ruptcy trustees for services rendered. 
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 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) the amount of compensation paid to trust-
ees serving in bankruptcy cases under chapter 7 of 
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title 11 of the United States Code has not been in-
creased since 1995, and 
(2) the amendments made by this Act will not 
modify, impair, or supersede the current authority of 
the district courts of the United States, or of bank-
ruptcy courts, to waive the payment of filing fees by 
indigent individuals. 
SEC. 3. 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)(1), 
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: 
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‘‘(3) with respect to the dollar amounts in effect 
under sections 330(b)(1) and 330(b)(2), to round to 
the nearest $1 the dollar amount that represents 
such change.’’, and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(b) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘330(b)(1), 330(b)(2),’’ after ‘‘303(b),’’, and 
(2) in section 330— 
(A) by amending subsection (a)(7) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(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)(1) by striking ‘‘$45’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$105’’. 
SEC. 4. BANKRUPTCY FEES. 
Section 1930(1)(A) of title 28 of the United States 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘$245’’ and inserting 
‘‘$305’’. 
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. 
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(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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