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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2266 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 18, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONVERSION OF THE TEMPORARY OFFICE OF 

5 BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TO THE PERMANENT 

6 OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE IN CERTAIN 

7 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. 

8 (a) DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.— 

9 (1) The temporary office of four bankruptcy 

10 judges authorized for the district of Delaware by 

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

12 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by 

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

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

15 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and 

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

17 of this Act, and may be filled. 

18 (2) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

19 authorized for the district of Delaware by section 

20 3(a)(3) of Public Law 102–361 (106 Stat. 966; 28 

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

22 1223(c)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 198; 28 

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

24 112–121 (126 Stat. 347; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is 

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1 ruptcy judge and represented in the amendment 

2 made by section 3(1) of this Act, and may be filled. 

3 (b) SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA.—The tem4 porary office of two bankruptcy judges authorized for the 

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

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

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

8 121 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted 

9 hereby to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and 

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

11 this Act, and may be filled. 

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

13 of one bankruptcy judge first appointed as authorized for 

14 the district of Maryland by section 1223(b)(1)(F) of Pub15 lic Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and 

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

17 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby 

18 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and rep19 resented in the amendment made by section 3(4) of this 

20 Act, and may be filled. 

21 (d) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.—The tem22 porary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the east23 ern district of Michigan by section 1223(b)(1)(G) of Pub24 lic Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and 

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


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1 (126 Stat. 346; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby 

2 to the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and rep3 resented in the amendment made by section 3(5) of this 

4 Act, and may be filled. 

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

6 bankruptcy judge authorized for the district of Nevada by 

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

8 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

9 2(a)(1)(Q) of Public Law 112–121 (126 Stat. 346; 28 

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

11 office of bankruptcy judge and represented in the amend12 ment made by section 3(6) of this Act, and may be filled. 

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

14 temporary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the 

15 eastern district of North Carolina by section 

16 1223(b)(1)(M) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 

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

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

19 is converted hereby to the permanent office of bankruptcy 

20 judge and represented in the amendment made by section 

21 3(7) of this Act, and may be filled. 

22 (g) DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.— 

23 (1) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

24 authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 

25 1223(b)(1)(P) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 


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1 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 

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

3 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby to the per4 manent office of bankruptcy judge and represented 

5 in the amendment made by section 3(8) of this Act, 

6 and may be filled. 

7 (2) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 

8 authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 

9 3(a)(7) of Public Law 102–361 (106 Stat. 966; 28 

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

11 1223(c)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 198; 28 

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

13 112–121 (126 Stat. 347; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is 

14 converted hereby to the permanent office of bank15 ruptcy judge and is represented in the amendment 

16 made by section 3(8) of this Act, and may be filled. 

17 (h) EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.—The tem18 porary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the east19 ern district of Virginia by section 1223(b)(1)(R) of Public 

20 Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and ex21 tended by section 2(a)(1)(P) of Public Law 112–121 (126 

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

23 the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and is rep24 resented in the amendment made by section 3(9) of this 

25 Act, and may be filled. 


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1 SEC. 3. PERMANENT OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE AU2 THORIZED. 

3 To reflect the conversion of the temporary office of 

4 bankruptcy judge to the permanent office of bankruptcy 

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

6 the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, section 

7 152(a)(2) of title 28 of the United States Code is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in the item relating to the district of Dela10 ware by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’; 

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

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

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

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

15 (4) in the item relating to the district of Mary16 land by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 

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

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

19 (6) in the item relating to the district of Ne20 vada by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

26 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) In any fiscal year, the quarterly fee pay9 able for a quarter in which disbursements equal or 

10 exceed $1,000,000 shall be 1 percent of such dis11 bursements or $250,000, whichever is less, unless 

12 the balance in the United States Trustee System 

13 Fund as of September 30 immediately preceding 

14 such fiscal year exceeds $200,000,000.’’. 

15 (b) DEPOSITS OF CERTAIN FEES FOR FISCAL YEARS

16 2018 THROUGH 2022.—Notwithstanding section 589a(b) 

17 of title 28 of the United States Code, for each of the fiscal 

18 years 2018 through 2022— 

19 (1) 97.5 percent of the fees collected under sec20 tion 1930(a)(6) of such title shall be deposited as 

21 offsetting collections to the appropriation ‘‘United 

22 States Trustee System Fund’’, to remain available 

23 until expended; and 

24 (2) 2.5 percent of the fees collected under sec25 tion 1930(a)(6) of such title shall be deposited in 

26 the general fund of the Treasury. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION AMEND2 MENTS.— 

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

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

5 1, 2017, or on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 whichever is later. 

7 (2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The 

8 amendments made by this section shall apply to 

9 quarterly fees payable under section 1930(a)(6) of 

10 title 28 of the United States Code, as amended by 

11 this section, for disbursements made in any calendar 

12 quarter that begins on or after the effective date of 

13 the amendments made by this section. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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