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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4506 

To authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2010 

Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PERMANENT OFFICES OF BANK7 RUPTCY JUDGES. 

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

9 amended— 


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1 (1) in the item relating to the eastern and west2 ern districts of Arkansas by striking ‘‘3’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘4’’, 

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

5 of California by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’, 

6 (3) in the item relating to the district of Dela7 ware by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’, 

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

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

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

11 of Florida by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’, 

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

13 of Florida by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’, 

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

15 of Georgia by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’, 

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

17 of Georgia by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’, 

18 (9) in the item relating to the district of Mary19 land by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’, 

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

21 of Michigan by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’, 

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

23 of Mississippi by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’, 

24 (12) in the item relating to the district of Ne25 vada by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’, 


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

2 Hampshire by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’, 

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

4 Jersey by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’, 

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

6 of New York by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’, 

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

8 of New York by striking ‘‘9’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’, 

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

10 of North Carolina by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’, 

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

12 of North Carolina by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’, 

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

14 of Pennsylvania by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’, 

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

16 of Tennessee by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’, 

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

18 of Tennessee by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’, 

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

20 of Virginia by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’, and 

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

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


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1 SEC. 3. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 

2 BANKRUPTCY JUDGES TO PERMANENT OF3 FICES. 

4 (a) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES

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

6 offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 

7 1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for 

8 the following districts are hereby converted so as to be 

9 included in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges 

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

11 respect to the corresponding districts: 

12 (1) The eastern district of California. 

13 (2) The district of Delaware. 

14 (3) The southern district of Florida. 

15 (4) The southern district of Georgia. 

16 (5) The district of Maryland. 

17 (6) The district of New Jersey. 

18 (7) The northern district of New York. 

19 (8) The southern district of New York. 

20 (9) The eastern district of North Carolina. 

21 (10) The middle district of Pennsylvania. 

22 (11) The western district of Tennessee. 

23 (12) The eastern district of Virginia. 

24 (13) The district of Nevada. 

25 (b) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES

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1 porary offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 

2 3(a) of Public Law 102–361 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for the 

3 following districts are hereby converted so as to be in4 cluded in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges that 

5 are added by the amendments made by section 2 with re6 spect to the corresponding districts: 

7 (1) The district of Delaware. 

8 (2) The district of New Hampshire. 

9 (3) The eastern district of Tennessee. 

10 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 

11 BANKRUPTCY JUDGES ESTABLISHED BY PUB12 LIC LAW 109–8. 

13 (a) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary offices of bank14 ruptcy judges established for the eastern district of Penn15 sylvania and the middle district of North Carolina by sec16 tion 1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 

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

18 office of a bankruptcy judge in the respective district re19 sulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal 

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

21 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Except 

23 as provided in subsection (a), all other provisions of sec24 tion 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 


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1 remain applicable to the temporary offices of bankruptcy 

2 judges referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 

3 SEC. 5. PAYGO OFFSET. 

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

5 title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

8 ‘‘$245’’ and inserting ‘‘$246’’, and 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

10 ‘‘$235’’ and inserting ‘‘$236’’, and 

11 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘$1000’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘$1042’’. 

13 (b) UNITED STATES TRUSTEE FUND.—Section 

14 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

17 ‘‘40.46’’ and inserting ‘‘40.28’’, and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

19 ‘‘28.33’’ and inserting ‘‘28.15’’, and 

20 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘55’’ and in21 serting ‘‘52.78’’. 

22 (c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSITION OF MISCELLA23 NEOUS BANKRUPTCY FEES.—Section 406(b) of the Judi24 ciary Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–162; 28 

25 U.S.C. 1931 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘28.87’’ and inserting ‘‘28.74’’, 

2 (2) by striking ‘‘35’’ and inserting ‘‘34.77’’, 

3 and 

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

5 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

6 (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro7 vided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendment made 

8 by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act. 

10 (b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

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

12 of the enactment of this Act. 

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