,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #debb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjai,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto    
,rico introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize
 an additional district judge for the   
district of ,puerto ,rico and to convert
 to permanent status the temporary      
office of bankruptcy judge for the      
district of ,puerto ,rico4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,puerto ,rico ,federal ,judicial        
,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,district       
judgeship for the district of ,puerto   
,rico  7a7 ,in general ,the ,president  
shall appoint1 by and with the advice   
and consent of the ,senate1 #a          
additional district judge for the       
district of ,puerto ,rico4  7b7         
,technical and conforming amendment ,in 
order that the table contained in       
section #acc7;a7 of title #bh1 ,united  
,states ,code1 will reflect the change  

in the number of judgeships authorized  
by subsection 7a71 such table is amended
 by striking the item relating to       
,puerto ,rico and inserting the         
following3  ,puerto ,rico#h  #c4        
,conversion of the temporary office of  
bankruptcy judge to the permanent office
 of bankruptcy judge for the district of
 ,puerto ,rico  7a7 ,conversion of      
office to permanent status  7#a7 ,the   
temporary office of bankruptcy judge    
authorized for the district of ,puerto  
,rico by section #abbc7;b77#a77,p7 of   
,public ,law #aji-h 7#aai ,stat4 #aig2  
#bh ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb note71 and extended  
by section #b7;a77#a77,m7 of ,public    
,law #aab-aba 7#abf ,stat4 #cdf2 #bh    
,u4,s4,c4 #aeb note7 and section        
#ajjb7;a77#a77;,g7 of ,public ,law      
#aae-gb 7#aca ,stat4 #abcj2 #bh         
,u4,s4,c4 #aeb note71 is converted      
hereby to the permanent office of       
bankruptcy judge and represented in the 
amendment made by subsection 7b74  7#b7 
,the temporary office of bankruptcy     

judge authorized for the district of    
,puerto ,rico by section #c7;a77#g7 of  
,public ,law #ajb-cfa 7#ajf ,stat4 #iff2
 #bh ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb note71 and extended 
by section #abbc7;c77#a7 of ,public ,law
 #aji-h 7#aai ,stat4 #aih2 #bh ,u4,s4,c4
 #aeb note71 section #b7;b77#a7 of      
,public ,law #aab-aba 7#abf ,stat4 #cdg2
 #bh ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb note71 and section  
#ajjb7;b77#a7 of ,public ,law #aae-gb   
7#aca ,stat4 #abcj2 #bh ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb  
note71 is converted hereby to the       
permanent office of bankruptcy judge and
 is represented in the amendment made by
 subsection 7b74  7b7 ,conforming       
amendment ,to reflect the conversion of 
the temporary office of bankruptcy judge
 to the permanent office of bankruptcy  
judge made by the operation of          
subsection 7a71 section #aeb7;a77#b7 of 
title #bh of the ,united ,states ,code  
is amended in the item relating to the  
district of ,puerto ,rico by striking #b
 and inserting #d4