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104TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 104-569
BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP ACT OF 1995
MAY 9, 1996.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2604]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2604) to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the
appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
SUMMARY AND PURPOSE
Bankruptcy courts are an essential element of the Federal Judi-
ciary and the American economic system. Unfortunately, total
bankruptcy filings are now increasing in every judicial district in
the nation. Additional resources are needed in certain districts if
the bankruptcy courts are to continue to perform their vital role ef-
ficiently and effectively.
H.R. 2604 is intended to provide those resources where needed.
The bill authorizes five permanent and six temporary bankruptcy
judgeships in eight Federal judicial districts, increasing the total
number of judgeships to 337. This represents a reassessment and
reduction from the 1993 Judicial Conference request for 19 new po-
sitions, which was not acted on by the 103d Congress. It also more
faithfully reflects Congressional policy in favor of creating tem-
porary as opposed to permanent judgeships whenever possible and
appropriate as a means of limiting future costs.
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