Pub. L. 115-31, div. E, tit. III (as amended)

307.(a)Section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Public Law 112-121) is amended by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) and inserting subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H).(b)Section 2(a)(2) of the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Public Law 112-121) is amended by adding at the end the following:(F)Eastern district of michigan.—The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for the eastern district of Michigan—(i)occurring 6 years or more after the date of the enactment of this Act, and(ii)resulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge, shall not be filled.(G)District of puerto rico.—The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for the district of Puerto Rico—(i)occurring 6 years or more after the date of the enactment of this Act, and(ii)resulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge, shall not be filled.(H)Eastern district of virginia.—The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for the eastern district of Virginia—(i)occurring 6 years or more after the date of the enactment of this Act, and(ii)resulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge, shall not be filled..(c)Section 2(a)(2)(C) of the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Public Law 112-121) is amended—(1)by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively;(2)by inserting before clause (ii), as so redesignated, the following:(i)in the case of the 1st and 2d vacancies, occurring more than 6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,; and(3)in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by inserting in the case of the 3d and 4th vacancies, before occurring more than 5 years.(d)Section 2(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Public Law 112-121) is amended (with regard to the 1st and 2d vacancies in the southern district of Florida) by striking 5 years and inserting 6 years.This title may be cited as the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2017.