[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 2604 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 279
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2604

                          [Report No. 104-569]

To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
         additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1995

    Mr. Gekas (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                              May 9, 1996

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
       Morella, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Horn

                              May 9, 1996

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
         additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS.

    Section 152(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the item relating to the central district of 
        California by striking ``21'' and inserting ``25''; and
            (2) in the item relating to the district of Maryland by 
        striking ``4'' and inserting ``5''.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.

    (a) Appointments.--The following are temporary judgeship positions 
which shall be filled in the manner prescribed in section 152(a)(1) of 
title 28, United States Code:
            (1) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the southern 
        district of Florida.
            (2) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the eastern 
        district of Michigan.
            (3) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the district of 
        New Jersey.
            (4) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the eastern 
        district of New York.
            (5) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the northern 
        district of New York.
            (6) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the eastern 
        district of Pennsylvania.
    (b) Vacancies.--The first vacancy occurring in the office of a 
bankruptcy judge in each of the judicial districts set forth in 
subsection (a)--
            (1) which results from the death, retirement, resignation, 
        or removal of a bankruptcy judge appointed under section 
        152(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, and
            (2) which occurs 5 years or more after the appointment date 
        of a judge under subsection (a),
shall not be filled.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL.

    The first sentence of section 152(a)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: ``The bankruptcy judges 
established in paragraph (2) for a judicial district shall be 
appointed, in such number as are established in such paragraph, by the 
United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such district 
is located.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 279

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2604

                          [Report No. 104-569]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
         additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 9, 1996

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed