Data from Congress.gov, YouTube, and other public sources.

Search Privacy Terms Contact

H.R. 136 — Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 | PoliFocus

H.R. 136115th Congress

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017

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

Sponsors

Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]

3 cosponsors

Subjects

Law

Summary

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal judicial code to:

convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan;
convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in specified judicial districts in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, and Virginia; and
authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in the middle district of Florida.

Full Text

Related Legislation

H.R. 2266Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
2017-10-26Became Public Law No: 115-72.
Related
S. 1107Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017
2017-09-06Held at the desk.
Related
S. 632Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017
2017-03-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related

Legislative Actions

2017-01-03
Introduced in House
2017-01-03
Introduced in House
2017-01-03
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-23
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Ask about this bill

checking server…

Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.

Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line