I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4522 
To authorize an additional district judge for the district of Puerto Rico 
and to convert to permanent status the temporary office of bankruptcy 
judge for the district of Puerto Rico. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize an additional district judge for the district 
of Puerto Rico and to convert to permanent status the 
temporary office of bankruptcy judge for the district 
of Puerto Rico. 
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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Federal 
Judicial Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUER-
TO RICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 addi-
tional district judge for the district of Puerto Rico. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
In order that the table contained in section 133(a) of title 
28, United States Code, will reflect the change in the num-
ber of judgeships authorized by subsection (a), such table 
is amended by striking the item relating to Puerto Rico 
and inserting the following: 
Puerto Rico 
SEC. 3. CONVERSION OF THE TEMPORARY OFFICE OF 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TO THE PERMANENT 
OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE FOR THE 
DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. 
(a) CONVERSION OF OFFICE TO PERMANENT STA-
TUS.— 
(1) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 
authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 
1223(b)(1)(P) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 197; 
28 U.S.C. 152 note), and extended by section 
2(a)(1)(M) of Public Law 112–121 (126 Stat. 346; 
28 U.S.C. 152 note) and section 1002(a)(1)(G) of 
Public Law 115–72 (131 Stat. 1230; 28 U.S.C. 152 
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note), is converted hereby to the permanent office of 
bankruptcy judge and represented in the amendment 
made by subsection (b). 
(2) The temporary office of bankruptcy judge 
authorized for the district of Puerto Rico by section 
3(a)(7) of Public Law 102–361 (106 Stat. 966; 28 
U.S.C. 
152 
note), 
and 
extended 
by 
section 
1223(c)(1) of Public Law 109–8 (119 Stat. 198; 28 
U.S.C. 152 note), section 2(b)(1) of Public Law 
112–121 (126 Stat. 347; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), and 
section 1002(b)(1) of Public Law 115–72 (131 Stat. 
1230; 28 U.S.C. 152 note), is converted hereby to 
the permanent office of bankruptcy judge and is rep-
resented in the amendment made by subsection (b). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—To reflect the con-
version of the temporary office of bankruptcy judge to the 
permanent office of bankruptcy judge made by the oper-
ation of subsection (a), section 152(a)(2) of title 28 of 
the United States Code is amended in the item relating 
to the district of Puerto Rico by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting 
‘‘4’’. 
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