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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4506 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2010 

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

AN ACT 

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 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PERMANENT OFFICES OF BANK5 RUPTCY JUDGES. 

6 Section 152(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in the item relating to the eastern and west9 ern districts of Arkansas by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘4’’; 

11 (2) in the item relating to the eastern district 

12 of California by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’; 

13 (3) in the item relating to the district of Dela14 ware by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; 

15 (4) in the item relating to the middle district of 

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

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

18 of Florida by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; 

19 (6) in the item relating to the southern district 

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

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

22 of Georgia by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; 

23 (8) in the item relating to the southern district 

24 of Georgia by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 

25 (9) in the item relating to the district of Mary26 land by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 


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1 (10) in the item relating to the eastern district 

2 of Michigan by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 

3 (11) in the item relating to the northern district 

4 of Mississippi by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; 

5 (12) in the item relating to the district of Ne6 vada by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 

7 (13) in the item relating to the district of New 

8 Hampshire by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; 

9 (14) in the item relating to the district of New 

10 Jersey by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’; 

11 (15) in the item relating to the northern district 

12 of New York by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 

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

14 of New York by striking ‘‘9’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; 

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

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

17 (18) in the item relating to the western district 

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

19 (19) in the item relating to the middle district 

20 of Pennsylvania by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 

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

22 of Tennessee by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 

23 (21) in the item relating to the western district 

24 of Tennessee by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 


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1 (22) in the item relating to the eastern district 

2 of Virginia by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; and 

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

4 of West Virginia by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’. 

5 SEC. 3. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 

6 BANKRUPTCY JUDGES TO PERMANENT OF7 FICES. 

8 (a) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES

9 ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8.—The temporary 

10 offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 

11 1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for 

12 the following districts are hereby converted so as to be 

13 included in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges 

14 that are added by the amendments made by section 2 with 

15 respect to the corresponding districts: 

16 (1) The eastern district of California. 

17 (2) The district of Delaware. 

18 (3) The southern district of Florida. 

19 (4) The southern district of Georgia. 

20 (5) The district of Maryland. 

21 (6) The district of New Jersey. 

22 (7) The northern district of New York. 

23 (8) The southern district of New York. 

24 (9) The eastern district of North Carolina. 

25 (10) The middle district of Pennsylvania. 


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1 (11) The western district of Tennessee. 

2 (12) The eastern district of Virginia. 

3 (13) The district of Nevada. 

4 (b) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES

5 ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW 102–361.—The tem6 porary offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 

7 3(a) of Public Law 102–361 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for the 

8 following districts are hereby converted so as to be in9 cluded in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges that 

10 are added by the amendments made by section 2 with re11 spect to the corresponding districts: 

12 (1) The district of Delaware. 

13 (2) The district of New Hampshire. 

14 (3) The eastern district of Tennessee. 

15 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 

16 BANKRUPTCY JUDGES ESTABLISHED BY PUB17 LIC LAW 109–8. 

18 (a) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary offices of bank19 ruptcy judges established for the eastern district of Penn20 sylvania and the middle district of North Carolina by sec21 tion 1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 

22 note) are extended until the 1st vacancy occurring in the 

23 office of a bankruptcy judge in the respective district re24 sulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal 


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1 of a bankruptcy judge and occurring 5 years or more after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Except 

4 as provided in subsection (a), all other provisions of sec5 tion 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 

6 remain applicable to the temporary offices of bankruptcy 

7 judges referred to in subsection (a). 

8 SEC. 5. PAYGO OFFSET. 

9 (a) BANKRUPTCY FILING FEES.—Section 1930(a) of 

10 title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

13 ‘‘$245’’ and inserting ‘‘$246’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

15 ‘‘$235’’ and inserting ‘‘$236’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘$1,042’’. 

18 (b) UNITED STATES TRUSTEE FUND.—Section 

19 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

22 ‘‘40.46’’ and inserting ‘‘40.28’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

24 ‘‘28.33’’ and inserting ‘‘28.15’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘55’’ and in2 serting ‘‘52.78’’. 

3 (c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSITION OF MISCELLA4 NEOUS BANKRUPTCY FEES.—Section 406(b) of the Judi5 ciary Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–162; 28 

6 U.S.C. 1931 note) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘28.87’’ and inserting ‘‘28.74’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘35.00’’ and inserting ‘‘34.77’’; 

9 and 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘23.99’’. 

11 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

12 (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro13 vided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments 

14 made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 (b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

17 made by section 5 shall take effect 180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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