APPEALS OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES OF BANKRUPTCY COURTS.

SEC. 305. APPEALS OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES OF BANKRUPTCY COURTS. Section 158(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: “(2) If authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judicial councils of 2 or more circuits may establish a joint bankruptcy appellate panel comprised of bankruptcy judges from the districts within the circuits for which such panel is established, to hear and determine, upon the consent of all the parties, appeals under subsection (a) of this section.”.