SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL BANKRUPTCY 
JUDGESHIPS. 
The following judgeship positions shall be filled in the 
manner prescribed in section 152(a)(1) of title 28, United 
States Code, for the appointment of bankruptcy judges 
provided for in section 152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the southern district of New York. 
(2) Four additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the district of Delaware. 
(3) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of New Jersey. 
(4) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Pennsylvania. 
(5) Three additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the district of Maryland. 
(6) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of North Carolina. 
(7) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of South Carolina. 
(8) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Virginia. 
(9) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the eastern district of Michigan. 
(10) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the western district of Tennessee.
(11) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for 
the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. 
(12) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the district of Nevada. 
(13) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for 
the district of Utah. 
(14) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the middle district of Florida. 
(15) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the southern district of Florida. 
(16) Two additional bankruptcy judgeships for 
the northern district of Georgia. 
(17) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for 
the southern district of Georgia. 
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.—The following judgeship po-
sitions shall be filled in the manner prescribed in section 
152(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, for the appoint-
ment of bankruptcy judges provided for in section 
152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Puerto Rico. 
(2) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of New York.
(3) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
middle district of Pennsylvania. 
(4) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Maryland. 
(5) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Mississippi. 
(6) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of Mississippi. 
(7) One additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of Georgia. 
(b) VACANCIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first vacancy occurring 
in the office of bankruptcy judge in each of the judi-
cial districts set forth in subsection (a)—
(A) occurring 5 years or more after the ap-
pointment date of the bankruptcy judge ap-
pointed under subsection (a) to such office; and 
(B) resulting from the death, retirement, 
resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge; 
shall not be filled. 
(2) TERM EXPIRATION.—In the case of a va-
cancy resulting from the expiration of the term of a 
bankruptcy judge not described in paragraph (1), 
that judge shall be eligible for reappointment as a 
bankruptcy judge in that district.
(c) EXTENSION OF EXISTING TEMPORARY BANK-
RUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The temporary bankruptcy 
judgeships authorized for the northern district of 
Alabama and the eastern district of Tennessee under 
paragraphs (1) and (9) of section 3(a) of the Bank-
ruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 
are extended until the first vacancy occurring in the 
office of a bankruptcy judge in the applicable dis-
trict resulting from the death, retirement, resigna-
tion, or removal of a bankruptcy judge and occur-
ring 5 years or more after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—
All other provisions of section 3 of the Bankruptcy 
Judgeship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) remain 
applicable to the temporary bankruptcy judgeships 
referred to in this subsection. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP SHARED 
BY THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA AND 
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. 
The bankruptcy judgeship presently shared by the 
southern district of Georgia and the middle district of 
Georgia shall be converted to a bankruptcy judgeship for 
the middle district of Georgia.