Terms in the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 go from 5 years to 10
To amend titles 11 and 28, United States Code, to modify the compensation payable to trustees serving in cases under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, to extend the term of certain temporary offices of bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Terms in the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 go from 5 years to 10
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 4 of the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(2)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``10 years''; and”
This Act strikes 5 years and inserts 10 years throughout section 4 of the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020, printed as a note to section 152 of title 28, United States Code. The change is made in subsection (a)(2), subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i); subsection (b)(2), subparagraphs (A)(i) through (F)(i); subsection (c)(2), subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i); subsection (d)(2), subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i); subsection (e)(2)(A); and subsection (f)(2)(A). The wording is the same in every place. Section 2 of this Act states that the purpose is to keep existing bankruptcy judgeships.
What the document actually says
“Section 4 of the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(2)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``10 years''; and”
That sentence, in plain words
An older law from 2020 is changed. A term of five years is struck. Ten years goes in instead.
What this is about
That older law set up judge posts meant to be temporary. This law does not print what it said. It only makes the same swap in each of fourteen spots.
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Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, Public Law 119-76, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 742 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ76/html/PLAW-119publ76.htm
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“Terms in the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 go from 5 years to 10,” Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/bankruptcy-administration-improvement-act-2025/proposal/sec05-2020-act-five-years-to-ten/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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