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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2266 

To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment 

of additional bankruptcy judges; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2017 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. 

CICILLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize 

the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bankruptcy Judgeship 

5 Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONVERSION OF THE TEMPORARY OFFICE OF 

2 BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TO THE PERMANENT 

3 OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE IN CERTAIN 

4 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. 

5 (a) DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.— 

6 (1) The temporary office of 4 bankruptcy 

7 judges authorized for the district of Delaware by 

8 section 1223(b)(1)(C) of Public Law 109–8 (119 

9 Stat. 196; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by 

10 section 2(a)(1)(C) of Public Law 112–121 (126 

11 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby 

12 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and 

13 represented in the amendment made by section 3(1) 

14 of this Act. 

15 (2) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

16 authorized for the district of Delaware by section 

17 3(a)(3) of Public Law 102–361 (106 Stat. 966; 28 

18 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

19 1223(c)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 198; 28 

20 U.S.C. 152 note) and section 2(b)(1) of Public Law 

21 112–121 (126 Stat. 347; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is 

22 converted hereby to the permanent office of bank23 ruptcy judge and represented in the amendment 

24 made by section 3(1) of this Act. 

25 (b) SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA.—The tem26 porary office of 2 bankruptcy judges authorized for the 


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1 southern district of Florida by section 1223(b)(1)(D) of 

2 Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), 

3 and extended by section 2(a)(1)(D) of Public Law 112– 

4 121 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted 

5 hereby to the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges and 

6 represented in the amendment made by section 3(3) of 

7 this Act. 

8 (c) DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.—The temporary office 

9 of 1 bankruptcy judge first appointed as authorized for 

10 the district of Maryland by section 1223(b)(1)(F) of Pub11 lic Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and 

12 extended by section 2(a)(1)(F) of Public Law 112–121 

13 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby 

14 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and rep15 resented in the amendment made by section 3(4) of this 

16 Act. 

17 (d) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.—The tem18 porary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the east19 ern district of Michigan by section 1223(b)(1)(G) of Pub20 lic Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and 

21 extended by section 2(a)(1)(G) of Public Law 112–121 

22 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby 

23 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and rep24 resented in the amendment made by section 3(5) of this 

25 Act. 


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1 (e) DISTRICT OF NEVADA.—The temporary office of 

2 bankruptcy judge authorized for the district of Nevada by 

3 section 1223(b)(1)(T) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 

4 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

5 2(a)(1)(Q) of Public Law 112–121 (126 Stat. 346; 28 

6 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby to the permanent 

7 office of bankruptcy judge and represented in the amend8 ment made by section 3(6) of this Act. 

9 (f) EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.—The 

10 temporary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the 

11 eastern district of North Carolina by section 

12 1223(b)(1)(M) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 

13 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 2(a)(1)(J) of 

14 Public Law 112–121 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), 

15 is converted hereby to the permanent office of bankruptcy 

16 judge and represented in the amendment made by section 

17 3(7) of this Act. 

18 (g) DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.— 

19 (1) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

20 authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 

21 1223(b)(1)(P) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 

22 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

23 2(a)(1)(M) of Public Law 112–121 (126 Stat. 346; 

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1 manent office of bankruptcy judge and represented 

2 in the amendment made by section 3(8) of this Act. 

3 (2) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

4 authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 

5 3(a)(7) of Public Law 102–361 (106 Stat. 966; 28 

6 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

7 1223(c)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 198; 28 

8 U.S.C. 152 note) and section 2(b)(1) of Public Law 

9 112–121 (126 Stat. 347; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is 

10 converted hereby to the permanent office of bank11 ruptcy judge and is represented in the amendment 

12 made by section 3(8) of this Act. 

13 (h) EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.—The tem14 porary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the east15 ern district of Virginia by section 1223(b)(1)(R) of Public 

16 Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and ex17 tended by section 2(a)(1)(P) of Public Law 112–121 (126 

18 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby to 

19 the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and is rep20 resented in the amendment made by section 3(10) of this 

21 Act. 

22 SEC. 3. PERMANENT OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE AU23 THORIZED. 

24 To reflect the conversion of the temporary office of 

25 bankruptcy judge to the permanent office of bankruptcy 


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1 judge made by the operation of section 2, and to authorize 

2 the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, section 

3 152(a)(2) of title 28 of the United States Code is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in the item relating to the district of Dela6 ware by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’; 

7 (2) in the item relating to the middle district of 

8 Florida by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’; 

9 (3) in the item relating to the southern district 

10 of Florida by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 

11 (4) in the item relating to the district of Mary12 land by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 

13 (5) in the item relating to the eastern district 

14 of Michigan by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; 

15 (6) in the item relating to the district of Ne16 vada by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 

17 (7) in the item relating to the eastern district 

18 of North Carolina by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 

19 (8) in the item relating to the district of Puerto 

20 Rico by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; and 

21 (9) in the item relating to the eastern district 

22 of Virginia by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. BANKRUPTCY FEES. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28 OF THE UNITED

3 STATES CODE.—Section 1930(a)(6) of title 28 of the 

4 United States Code is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘(6) In’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)(A) 

6 Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in’’, and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) The quarterly fee payable for a quarter in 

9 which disbursements equal or exceed $1,000,000 

10 shall be 1 percent of such disbursements or 

11 $250,000, whichever is less, in a fiscal year unless 

12 the balance in the United States Trustee System 

13 Fund as of September 30 preceding such fiscal year 

14 exceeds $200,000,000.’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION AMEND16 MENTS.— 

17 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in 

18 paragraph (2), this section shall take effect on July 

19 1, 2017, or on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 whichever is later. 

21 (2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The 

22 amendments made by this section shall apply quar23 terly fees payable under section 1930(a)(6) of title 

24 28 of the United States Code, as amended by this 

25 section, for disbursements made for any quarter that 


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1 begins on or after the effective date of the amend2 ments made by this section. 

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