S 632
115th Congress
Senate
Law
Bankruptcy
Caribbean area
Delaware
Federal district courts
Florida
Judges
Maryland
Michigan
Nevada
North Carolina
Puerto Rico
Specialized courts
Tennessee
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virginia
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017
Introduced: March 15, 2017
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1