US Congress House Bill 136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]

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

HB2266 (Related) 2017-10-26 - Became Public Law No: 115-72. (TXT | PDF)
SB632 (Same As) 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1107 (Related) 2017-09-06 - Held at the desk.
HR569 (Similar To) 2017-10-12 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/136/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr136/BILLS-115hr136ih.pdf