BANKRUPTCY JUDGES REAPPOINTMENT PROCEDURE.

SEC. 303. BANKRUPTCY JUDGES REAPPOINTMENT PROCEDURE. Section 120 of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–353; 98 Stat. 344), is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3) When filling vacancies, the court of appeals may consider reappointing incumbent bankruptcy judges under procedures prescribed by regulations issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States.”; and (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end thereof the following: “All incumbent nominees seeking reappointment thereafter may be considered for such a reappointment, pursuant to a majority vote of the judges of the appointing court of appeals, under procedures authorized under subsection (a)(3).”.