28 USC § 155 - Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges

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title: "28 USC § 155 - Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "155"
section_name: "Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "BANKRUPTCY JUDGES"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF COURTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, § 104(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 339; amended Pub. L. 99–651, title II, § 202(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3648; Pub. L. 100–659, § 4(a), Nov. 15, 1988, 102 Stat. 3918.)"
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# § 155. Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges

**(a)** A bankruptcy judge may be transferred to serve temporarily as a bankruptcy judge in any judicial district other than the judicial district for which such bankruptcy judge was appointed upon the approval of the judicial council of each of the circuits involved.

**(b)** A bankruptcy judge who has retired may, upon consent, be recalled to serve as a bankruptcy judge in any judicial district by the judicial council of the circuit within which such district is located. Upon recall, a bankruptcy judge may receive a salary for such service in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Judicial Conference of the United States, subject to the restrictions on the payment of an annuity in section 377 of this title or in subchapter III of chapter 83, and chapter 84, of title 5 which are applicable to such judge.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, § 104(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 339; amended Pub. L. 99–651, title II, § 202(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3648; Pub. L. 100–659, § 4(a), Nov. 15, 1988, 102 Stat. 3918.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Subsec. (b).  inserted “ or in” after “annuity in” and “which are applicable to such judge” after “title 5”.

1986—Subsec. (b).  inserted reference to chapter 84 of title 5.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable to bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges who retire on or after , with exception for judges and magistrate judges retiring on or after , see , as amended, set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

> “This title and the amendments made by this title [enacting
> 
> and amending this section and sections 374, 631, 633, 636, and 797 of this title] take effect on
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> .”

, , , provided that: