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(10) in the item relating to the eastern district 
of Michigan by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 
(11) in the item relating to the northern district 
of Mississippi by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; 
(12) in the item relating to the district of Ne-
vada by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
(13) in the item relating to the district of New 
Hampshire by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’; 
(14) in the item relating to the district of New 
Jersey by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’; 
(15) in the item relating to the northern district 
of New York by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
(16) in the item relating to the southern district 
of New York by striking ‘‘9’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; 
(17) in the item relating to the eastern district 
of North Carolina by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
(18) in the item relating to the western district 
of North Carolina by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
(19) in the item relating to the middle district 
of Pennsylvania by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
(20) in the item relating to the eastern district 
of Tennessee by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 
(21) in the item relating to the western district 
of Tennessee by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
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(22) in the item relating to the eastern district 
of Virginia by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; and 
(23) in the item relating to the southern district 
of West Virginia by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘2’’. 
SEC. 3. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGES TO PERMANENT OF-
FICES. 
(a) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES 
ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8.—The temporary 
offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 
1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for 
the following districts are hereby converted so as to be 
included in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges 
that are added by the amendments made by section 2 with 
respect to the corresponding districts: 
(1) The eastern district of California. 
(2) The district of Delaware. 
(3) The southern district of Florida. 
(4) The southern district of Georgia. 
(5) The district of Maryland. 
(6) The district of New Jersey. 
(7) The northern district of New York. 
(8) The southern district of New York. 
(9) The eastern district of North Carolina. 
(10) The middle district of Pennsylvania. 
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(11) The western district of Tennessee. 
(12) The eastern district of Virginia. 
(13) The district of Nevada. 
(b) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES 
ESTABLISHED
BY PUBLIC LAW 102–361.—The tem-
porary offices of bankruptcy judges established by section 
3(a) of Public Law 102–361 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) for the 
following districts are hereby converted so as to be in-
cluded in the permanent offices of bankruptcy judges that 
are added by the amendments made by section 2 with re-
spect to the corresponding districts: 
(1) The district of Delaware. 
(2) The district of New Hampshire. 
(3) The eastern district of Tennessee. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OFFICES OF 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGES ESTABLISHED BY PUB-
LIC LAW 109–8. 
(a) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary offices of bank-
ruptcy judges established for the eastern district of Penn-
sylvania and the middle district of North Carolina by sec-
tion 1223(b)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note) are extended until the 1st vacancy occurring in the 
office of a bankruptcy judge in the respective district re-
sulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal 
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of a bankruptcy judge and occurring 5 years or more after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (a), all other provisions of sec-
tion 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) 
remain applicable to the temporary offices of bankruptcy 
judges referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 5. PAYGO OFFSET. 
(a) BANKRUPTCY FILING FEES.—Section 1930(a) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘$245’’ and inserting ‘‘$246’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘$235’’ and inserting ‘‘$236’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,042’’. 
(b) UNITED
STATES
TRUSTEE
FUND.—Section 
589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘40.46’’ and inserting ‘‘40.28’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘28.33’’ and inserting ‘‘28.15’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘55’’ and in-
serting ‘‘52.78’’. 
(c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSITION OF MISCELLA-
NEOUS BANKRUPTCY FEES.—Section 406(b) of the Judi-
ciary Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–162; 28 
U.S.C. 1931 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘28.87’’ and inserting ‘‘28.74’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘35.00’’ and inserting ‘‘34.77’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘23.99’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by section 5 shall take effect 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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