PUBLIC LAW 95-598—NOV. 6, 1978 "(f) Service as a referee in bankruptcy or as a bankruptcy judge under the Bankruptcy Act shall be taken into account in the determination of seniority of commission under this section. "§ 156. Division of business among bankruptcy judges "The business of a bankruptcy court having more than one judge shall be divided among the judges as provided by the rules and orders of the court. "The chief judge of the bankruptcy court shall be responsible for the observance of such rules and orders, and shall divide the business and assign the cases so far as such rules and orders do not otherwise prescribe. "If the bankruptcy judges in any district are unable to agree upon the adoption of rules or orders for that purpose the judicial council of the circuit shall make the necessary orders. "§ 157. Times of holding court "(a) The bankruptcy couii: at each designated location shall be deemed to be in continuous session on all business days throughout the year, "(b) Each bankruptcy court may establish by local rule or order schedules of court sessions at designated places of holding court other than the headquarters oiSce of the court. Such schedules may be pretermitted by order of the court. " (c) Bankruptcy court may be held at any place within the territory served, in any case, on order of the bankruptcy court, for the convenience of the parties, on such notice as the bankruptcy court orders.
- '§ 158. Accommodations at places for holding court
"Court shall be held only at places where Federal quarters and accommodations are available, or suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished without cost to the United States. The foregoing restrictions shall not, however, preclude the Administrator of General Services, at the request of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, from providing such court quarters and accommodations as the Administrator determines can appropriately be made available at places where court is authorized by law to be held, but only if such court quarters and accommodations have been approved as necessary by the judicial council of the appropriate circuit.
92 STAT. 2659 11 USC prec. 1. 28 USC 156.
28 USC 157.
28 USC 158.
"§ 159. Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings 28 USC 159. "When the office of a bankruptcy judge becomes vacant, all pending process, pleadings and proceedings shall, when necessary, be continued by the clerk until a judge is appointed or designated to hold such court. "§ 160. Appellate panels 28 USC 160. "(a) If the circuit council of a circuit orders application of this section to a district within such circuit, the chief judge of each circuit shall designate panels of three bankruptcy judges to hear appeals from judgments, orders, and decrees of the bankruptcy court of the United States for such district. Except as provided in section 293(e) of this title, a panel shall be composed only of bankruptcy judges for districts located in the circuit in which the appeal arises. The chief judge shall designate a sufficient number of such panels so that appeals may be heard and disposed of exjjeditiously. "(b) A panel designated under subsection (a) of this section may not hear an appeal from a judgment, order, or decree entered by a member of the panel.
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