Permanently raise the small business reorganization threshold for Chapter 11 to $7.5 million.

Ben Cline · Virginia · Republican

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introduced the bipartisan Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026. The legislation would permanently raise the small business reorganization threshold for Chapter 11 to $7.5 million, allowing more small businesses to access a faster, more cost-effective bankruptcy process while negotiating...

Cline introduced legislation to raise the Chapter 11 small business reorganization threshold to $7.5 million.

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Evidence

Section 2(d) of Pub. L. 117-151 raised the Subchapter V debtor cap in 11 U.S.C. 1182(1)(A) to $7,500,000. But section 2(i)(1) makes that change temporary: two years after enactment, section 1182(1) reverts to the prior small-business-debtor definition.

Congress did raise the Chapter 11 Subchapter V threshold to $7.5 million, but only on a sunsetted basis. The law itself says the change expires after two years, so it does not fulfill a promise to make the increase permanent.

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Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act, Pub. L. 117-151
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Congress did enact Pub. L. 117-151 during Ben Cline's time in office, and section 2(d) raised the Chapter 11 Subchapter V debt threshold to $7.5 million. But section 2(i)(1) made that increase temporary by restoring the prior definition two years after June 21, 2022. Current 11 U.S.C. 1182 again defines the debtor by the older small-business-debtor standard, so the promised permanent $7.5 million threshold was not achieved. Because there was a real same-term legislative step toward the goal, this is best scored as a failed delivery with effort rather than a full or partial fulfillment.

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