Title: Puerto Rico Federal Judicial Improvement Act
Policy area: Law

Summary:
Puerto Rico Federal Judicial Improvement Act
This bill requires the President to appoint an additional district judge for the district of Puerto Rico and converts two temporary bankruptcy judgeships in that district to permanent judgeships.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 329 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 329

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2021

 Miss Gonzalez-Colon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional 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 number of judgeships authorized by subsection 
(a), such table is amended by striking the item relating to Puerto Rico 
and inserting the following:


Puerto Rico                                                                                                    8
 

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 Status.--
            (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 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 represented in the amendment made by subsection (b).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--To reflect the conversion of the 
temporary office of bankruptcy judge to the permanent office of 
bankruptcy judge made by the operation 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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