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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of</b> <b>2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal judicial code to:</p> <ul> <li>convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan; </li> <li>convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in specified judicial districts in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and Virginia; and </li> <li>authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in the middle district of Florida. </li></ul>]]></text>
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