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S 2448 114th Congress Senate

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 19, 2016 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
Law BankruptcyCaribbean areaDelawareFlorida
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Jan 19, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 19, 2016
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 Latest action January 19, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016

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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4225 Related bill Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2448: Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2448/
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"S. 2448: Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2448/.
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S. 2448, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2448/.
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