UPDATE: H.R.2266 – Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017

LATEST ACTION: October 25, 2017 - Presented to President.

BILL TITLE: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017

BILL SUMMARY:

Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code to:

-- convert certain temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges and authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Delaware and Michigan;

-- convert temporary bankruptcy judges to permanent bankruptcy judges in specified judicial districts in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Virginia; and

-- authorize the appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge in the middle district of Florida.

(Sec. 4) The bill increases the quarterly fee payable to the U.S. trustee by chapter 11 (reorganization) debtors whose disbursements equal or exceed $1 million in a fiscal year unless the balance in the United States Trustee System Fund exceeds $200 million.

For FY2018-FY2022, 97.5% of the quarterly U.S. trustee fees shall be deposited as offsetting collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 2.5% shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on October 27, 2017.]

BILL NUMBER: 115th Congress: House Bill 2266 (H.R.2266)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.2266, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2266

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2266/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

10/25/2017 -- House -- Presented to President.

10/25/2017 -- Senate -- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

10/24/2017 -- Senate -- Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2266 by Yea-Nay Vote. 82 - 17. Record Vote Number: 248.

10/24/2017 -- Senate -- Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 19. Record Vote Number: 247.

10/24/2017 -- Senate -- Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 314(e) of the CBA raised in Senate.

10/24/2017 -- Senate -- Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 1568) withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S6737)

10/24/2017 -- Senate -- Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6721-6738)

10/23/2017 -- Senate -- Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany H.R. 2266 with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 1570 fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment in Senate. (consideration: CR S6703)

10/23/2017 -- Senate -- Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 16. Record Vote Number: 246. (consideration: CR S6703, S6709-6710)

10/23/2017 -- Senate -- Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6703-6711)

10/19/2017 -- Senate -- Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany H.R. 2266 with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 1570 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6630)

10/19/2017 -- Senate -- Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 1568) made in Senate. (CR S6630)

10/19/2017 -- Senate -- Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment presented in Senate. (CR S6630)

10/19/2017 -- Senate -- Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in Senate. (CR S6630)

10/19/2017 -- Senate -- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6630)

10/16/2017 -- Senate -- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

10/12/2017 -- House -- Correct Enrollment

10/12/2017 -- House -- House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H.Res. 569. (consideration: CR H7989-7992; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H7989-7992)

09/28/2017 -- Senate -- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

09/27/2017 -- Senate -- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

09/27/2017 -- Senate -- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6191)

09/27/2017 -- Senate -- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

05/18/2017 -- Senate -- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

05/17/2017 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

05/17/2017 -- House -- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4245-4246)

05/17/2017 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2266.

05/17/2017 -- House -- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4245-4248)

05/17/2017 -- House -- Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

05/17/2017 -- House -- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 80.

05/17/2017 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-130.

05/03/2017 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

05/03/2017 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

05/01/2017 -- House -- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

05/01/2017 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

05/01/2017 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR*: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]

CO-SPONSORS*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of October 25, 2017. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2266/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]

-- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]

-- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]

-- Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]

-- Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]

-- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

-- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]

-- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]

COMMITTEES: Senate Judiciary Committee; House Judiciary Committee.

SUBJECTS: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit, Appropriations, Bankruptcy, Budget deficits and national debt, Caribbean area, Congressional oversight, Delaware, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, Disaster relief and insurance, Executive agency funding and structure, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal district courts, Fires, Floods and storm protection, Florida, Food assistance and relief, Forests, forestry, trees, Government information and archives, Government lending and loan guarantees, Judges, Legal fees and court costs, Maryland, Michigan, Natural disasters, Nevada, North Carolina, Nutrition and diet, Puerto Rico, Specialized courts, Texas, U.S. territories and protectorates, Virginia.