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 PUBLIC LAW 103-121—OCT. 27, 1993 107 STAT. 1165 collected under 28 U.S.C. section IQaOCaXS)" immediately after " 28 U.S.C. section 1930(a)(ir. (c) No funds provided by this Act shall be expended to fill any bankruptcy judgeship unless such appointee was on a merit selection list or report suomitted to the court of appeals by either the judicial council or a subcommittee of the members of the council, in accordance with section 120 of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-353; 98 Stat. 344), section 152 of title 28 of the United States Code, and the Judicial Conference of the United States' Procedures for the Selection and Appointment of Bankruptcy Judges. (d) REPORT ON BANKRUPTCY FEES. — 28 USC 1930 (1) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than March 31, 1998, "°** the Judicial Conference of the United States shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report relating to the bankruptcy fee system and the impact of such system on various participants in bankruptcy cases. (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.— Such report shall include— (A)(i) an estimate of the costs and benefits that would result from waiving bankruptcy fees payable by debtors who are individuals, and (ii) recommendations regarding various revenue sources to offset the net cost of waiving such fees; and (B)(i) an evaluation of the effects that would result in cases under chapters 11 and 13 of title 11, United States Code, from using a graduated bankruptcy fee system based on assets, liabilities, or both of the debtor, and (ii) recommendations regarding various methods to implement such a graduated bankruptcy fee system. (3) WAIVER OF FEES IN SELECTED DISTRICTS. —For purposes of carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2), the Judicial Conference of the United States shall carry out in not more than six judicial districts, throughout the 3-year period beginning on October 1, 1994, a program under which fees payable under section 1930 of title 28, United States Code, may be waived in cases under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, for debtors who are individuals unable to pay such fees in installments. (4) STUDY OF GRADUATED FEE SYSTEM.— For purposes of carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2), the Judicial Conference of the United States shall carry out, in not fewer than six judicial districts, a study to estimate the results that would occur in cases under chapters 11 and 13 of title 11, United States Code, if filing fees payable under section 1930 of title 28, United States Code, were paid on a graduated scale based on assets, liabilities, or both of the debtor. SEC. 112. For fiscal year 1994 only, grants awarded to State 42 USC 3754 and local governments for the purpose of^articipating in gang ^°^^- task forces and for programs or projects to abate drug activity in residential and commercial buildings through community participation, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 504(f) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.

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