11 U.S.C. § 104 : US Code - Section 104: Adjustment of dollar amounts

Search 11 U.S.C. § 104 : US Code - Section 104: Adjustment of dollar amounts

(a) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall transmit
to the Congress and to the President before May 1, 1985, and before
May 1 of every sixth year after May 1, 1985, a recommendation for
the uniform percentage adjustment of each dollar amount in this
title and in section 1930 of title 28.
(b)(1) On April 1, 1998, and at each 3-year interval ending on
April 1 thereafter, each dollar amount in effect under sections
101(3), 101(18), 101(19A), 101(51D), 109(e), 303(b), 507(a),
522(d), 522(f)(3) and 522(f)(4), 522(n), 522(p), 522(q),
523(a)(2)(C), 541(b), 547(c)(9), 707(b), 1322(d), 1325(b), and
1326(b)(3) of this title and section 1409(b) of title 28
immediately before such April 1 shall be adjusted -
(A) to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers, published by the Department of Labor, for the
most recent 3-year period ending immediately before January 1
preceding such April 1, and
(B) to round to the nearest $25 the dollar amount that
represents such change.
(2) Not later than March 1, 1998, and at each 3-year interval
ending on March 1 thereafter, the Judicial Conference of the United
States shall publish in the Federal Register the dollar amounts
that will become effective on such April 1 under sections 101(3),
101(18), 101(19A), 101(51D), 109(e), 303(b), 507(a), 522(d),
522(f)(3) and 522(f)(4), 522(n), 522(p), 522(q), 523(a)(2)(C),
541(b), 547(c)(9), 707(b), 1322(d), 1325(b), and 1326(b)(3) of this
title and section 1409(b) of title 28.
(3) Adjustments made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall not
apply with respect to cases commenced before the date of such
adjustments.