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H.R. 2266, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 1 (May 18, 2017)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                                   May 18, 2017



                                 H.R.   2266
                     Bankruptcy   Judgeship   Act of 2017

             As passed by the House of Representatives on May 17, 2017


SUMMARY

H.R. 2266 would authorize 18 permanent bankruptcy judgeships-4 judgeships would be
new and 14 temporary judgeships would become permanent. Under current law, any
vacancies that occur among those temporary judgeships after May 25, 2017, cannot be
filled. Under the act, such vacancies could be filled at any time in the future. The act also
would adjust the formula used to set certain quarterly fees paid by businesses involved in
ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and would change the budgetary treatment of a
portion of those fees.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 2266 would increase direct spending by about
$21 million and would increase revenues by about $21 million over the 2018-2027 period.
CBO  also estimates that implementing the act would reduce net discretionary spending by
about $1 action over the 2018-2027 period.

Because enacting H.R. 2266 would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go
procedures apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 2266 would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

H.R. 2266 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act (UMRA)   and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.

H.R. 2266 would impose a new mandate, as defined in UMRA, by increasing fees paid to
DOJ by entities that are currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and that have disbursements of
more than $1 million per quarter. CBO estimates that the cost of the mandates would fall
below the annual threshold established in UMRA for private-sector mandates
($156 million in 2017, adjusted annually for inflation).

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