Congress finds other bankruptcy costs rose while the $60 stayed flat
To amend titles 11 and 28, United States Code, to modify the compensation payable to trustees serving in cases under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, to extend the term of certain temporary offices of bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Congress finds other bankruptcy costs rose while the $60 stayed flat
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What the document says
“Since 1994, there have been significant increases in salaries, attorney fees, budget appropriations, filing fees, and court-related fees associated with chapter 7 bankruptcies. In contrast, the $60 paid to chapter 7 trustees has remained the same and has not even been increased for inflation.”
The first claim in the eighth finding. Congress states that salaries, attorney fees, appropriations, filing fees and court fees tied to chapter 7 cases have all risen significantly since 1994, while the $60 paid to trustees has stayed the same and has not been adjusted for inflation.
What the document actually says
“Since 1994, there have been significant increases in salaries, attorney fees, budget appropriations, filing fees, and court-related fees associated with chapter 7 bankruptcies. In contrast, the $60 paid to chapter 7 trustees has remained the same and has not even been increased for inflation.”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says other costs in these cases went up a lot. The sixty dollars did not go up at all.
What this is about
Pay, court fees and lawyer bills all rose. Prices in general rose too. The trustee pay stayed where it was.
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Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, Public Law 119-76, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 740 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ76/html/PLAW-119publ76.htm
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“Congress finds other bankruptcy costs rose while the $60 stayed flat,” Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/bankruptcy-administration-improvement-act-2025/proposal/sec02-other-costs-rose-while-pay-did-not/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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