Senate Bill 1107
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017
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Amendments
Passed Senate on Sep 5, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1107
Congress
115
Policy Area
Law
Law
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checkPassed on September 5, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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, and Virginia; and
- authorize the appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge in the middle district of Florida.
The bill increases the quarterly fee payable to the U.S. trustee by chapter 11 (reorganization) debtors whose disbursements equal or exceed $1 million in a fiscal year unless the balance in the United States Trustee System Fund exceeds $200 million.
For FY2018-FY2022, 97.5% of the quarterly U.S. trustee fees shall be deposited as offsetting collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 2.5% shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
Amendments (1)
Sep 05, 2017
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 787
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
09/06/2017
Held at the desk.
09/06/2017
Received in the House.
09/06/2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/05/2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
09/05/2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
09/05/2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
09/05/2017
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4956)
09/05/2017
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4956)
05/11/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
05/11/2017
Introduced in Senate
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