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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-554—OCT. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3091

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tana (exclusive of Yellowstone National Park), Oregon, and Washington.

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"(19) The judicial districts established for the States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming (including those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated in the States of Montana and Idaho). "(20) The judicial districts established for the States of Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. "(21) The judicial districts established for the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States.". (b) TERM OF OFFICE.—Section 581(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "five years", and (2) by striking out "Office" and inserting in lieu thereof "office". (c) REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.—Section 581(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out "for cause".

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(d) REMOVAL OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.—Section 582

of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking out "district" and inserting in lieu thereof "region", and i' (2) in subsection (b) by striking out "for cause". ^ ^ SEC. 112. VACANCIES IN OFFICE OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEE.

Section 585 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 585. Vacancies "(a) The Attorney General may appoint an acting United States trustee for a region in which the office of the United States trustee is vacant. The individual so appointed may serve until the date on which the vacancy is filled by appointment under section 581 of this title or by designation under subsection (b) of this section. "(b) The Attorney General may designate a United States trustee to serve in not more than two regions for such time as the public interest requires.". SEC. 113. DUTIES OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEES. (a) SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION.—Section 586(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "his district" and inserting in lieu thereof "the region for which such United States trustee is appointed", G (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking out the semicolon and inserting in lieu "•'• thereof "by, whenever the United States trustee considers H •: •„' * it to be appropriate—", and ^l" I' (B) by adding at the end of such paragraph the following: D9iia' "(A) monitoring applications for compensation and re'<\' nc imbursement filed under section 330 of title 11 and, whenS: 1. ever the United States trustee deems it to be appropriate, filing with the court comments with respect to any of such

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applications; tJA u "(B) monitoring plans and disclosure statements filed in .'V't^cases under chapter 11 of title 11 and filing with the court, 11 USC llOl et in connection with hearings under sections 1125 and 1128 of ««9-