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11 U.S.C. 559: Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement

Created in 1984 by Public Law 98-353. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2005

    • Pub. L. 109–8, §907(o)(9), inserted "or financial participant" after "repo participant" in two places. (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §907(i), substituted "Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement" for "Contractual right to liquidate a repurchase agreement" in section catchline, "liquidation, termination, or acceleration" for "liquidation" in first sentence, and "As used in th… (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–394 struck out "(15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.)" after "Act of 1970".

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.