[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4154 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4154

  To amend section 377 of title 28, United States Code, to designate 
   certain retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges as senior 
                                judges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1994

   Mr. Reed introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 377 of title 28, United States Code, to designate 
   certain retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges as senior 
                                judges.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR JUDGES.

    Section 377 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: 
        ``A bankruptcy judge or magistrate judge who retires under this 
        subsection shall be designated `senior bankruptcy judge' or 
        `senior magistrate judge', respectively, for so long as such 
        judge or magistrate remains eligible for recall under 
        subsection (m).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: 
        ``A bankruptcy judge or magistrate judge who retires under this 
        subsection shall be designated `senior bankruptcy judge' or 
        `senior magistrate judge', respectively, for so long as such 
        judge or magistrate remains eligible for recall under 
        subsection (m).''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply to bankruptcy judges 
or magistrate judges who retire before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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