Trump signs bankruptcy, wheelchair payment and Churchill museum bills

President Donald Trump signed four bills into law on 10 November, changing bankruptcy eligibility and Medicare wheelchair payment rules, the White House said. The measures also expand the National Taxpayer Advocate’s powers and designate a Churchill museum in Missouri as a historic landmark.

H.R. 7730 raises debt limits for certain small-business Chapter 11 and consumer Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings. The change broadens eligibility for the procedures on the basis of debt. The Commercial Law League of America, a professional organisation that lobbied for the measure, said both chambers of Congress had passed it before it reached the president.

H.R. 1703 changes payment rules under Medicare, the federal health insurance programme, for ultralightweight manual wheelchairs. For chairs supplied from 1 January 2028, it requires separate payment codes based on the material used in the wheelchair’s base. For a chair with a titanium or carbon-fibre base, a supplier may charge the user the difference between its actual charge and the Medicare payment. The government may require suppliers to warn users of that potential cost before purchase or rental.

H.R. 997 allows the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel who report directly to the advocate or a delegate. It also expands the advocate’s authority to take personnel actions concerning employees of the taxpayer advocate office.

H.R. 1945 designates America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as a National Historic Landmark. It also requires a study of whether the site could become part of the National Park System; the law does not itself make it a park unit.