HOUSE 136115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Equality for All Resolution of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/16/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- 2017-01-03Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-01-03Introduced in House
- 2017-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-03 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (3)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL)
Subjects
- 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
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