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Union Calendar No. 98 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1021 
[Report No. 112–152] 
To prevent the termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges 
in certain judicial districts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. CONYERS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
JULY 19, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 10, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To prevent the termination of the temporary office of 
bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Bankruptcy 
Judgeships Extension Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANK-
RUPTCY JUDGES IN CERTAIN JUDICIAL DIS-
TRICTS. 
(a) TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES AU-
THORIZED BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8.— 
(1) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary office of bank-
ruptcy judges authorized for the following districts by 
section 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note) are extended until the applicable vacancy speci-
fied in paragraph (2) in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for the respective district occurs: 
(A) The central district of California. 
(B) The eastern district of California. 
(C) The district of Delaware. 
(D) The southern district of Florida. 
(E) The southern district of Georgia. 
(F) The district of Maryland. 
(G) The eastern district of Michigan. 
(H) The district of New Jersey. 
(I) The northern district of New York. 
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(J) The southern district of New York. 
(K) The eastern district of North Carolina. 
(L) The eastern district of Pennsylvania. 
(M) The middle district of Pennsylvania. 
(N) The district of Puerto Rico. 
(O) The district of South Carolina. 
(P) The western district of Tennessee. 
(Q) The eastern district of Virginia. 
(R) The district of Nevada. 
(2) VACANCIES.— 
(A) SINGLE
VACANCIES.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), 
the 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for each district specified in paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(B) CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.— 
The 1st, 2d, and 3d vacancies in the office of 
bankruptcy judge for the central district of Cali-
fornia— 
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(i) occurring 5 years or more after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(C) DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.—The 1st, 2d, 
3d, and 4th vacancies in the office of a bank-
ruptcy judge for the district of Delaware— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(D) SOUTHERN
DISTRICT
OF
FLORIDA.— 
The 1st and 2d vacancies in the office of a bank-
ruptcy judge for the southern district of Flor-
ida— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
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(E) DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.—The 1st, 2d, 
and 3d vacancies in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for the district of Maryland— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(3) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), all other 
provisions of section 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 
U.S.C. 152 note) remain applicable to the temporary 
office of bankruptcy judges referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES EX-
TENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8.— 
(1) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary office of bank-
ruptcy judges authorized by section 3 of the Bank-
ruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 
and extended by section 1223(c) of Public Law 109– 
8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for the district of Delaware, 
the district of Puerto Rico, and the eastern district of 
Tennessee are extended until the applicable vacancy 
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specified in paragraph (2) in the office of a bank-
ruptcy judge for the respective district occurs. 
(2) VACANCIES.— 
(A) DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.—The 5th va-
cancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for the 
district of Delaware— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(B) DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.—The 2d 
vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for 
the district of Puerto Rico— 
(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(C) EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE.— 
The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for the eastern district of Tennessee— 
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(i) occurring more than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(3) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), all other 
provisions of section 3 of the Bankruptcy Judgeship 
Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) and section 1223(c) 
of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) remain 
applicable to the temporary office of bankruptcy 
judges referred to in paragraph (1). 
(c) TEMPORARY OFFICE OF THE BANKRUPTCY JUDGE 
AUTHORIZED BY PUBLIC LAW 102–361 FOR THE MIDDLE 
DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The temporary office of the 
bankruptcy judge authorized by section 3 of the Bank-
ruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 
for the middle district of North Carolina is extended 
until the vacancy specified in paragraph (2) occurs. 
(2) VACANCY.—The 1st vacancy in the office of 
a bankruptcy judge for the middle district of North 
Carolina— 
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(A) occurring more than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(B) resulting from the death, retirement, 
resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
(3) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), all other 
provisions of section 3 of the Bankruptcy Judgeship 
Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) remain applicable 
to the temporary office of the bankruptcy judge re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
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Union Calendar No. 98 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1021 
[Report No. 112–152] 
A BILL 
To prevent the termination of the temporary office 
of bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts. 
JULY 19, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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