1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2017 . 2. Determination of Municipality Eligibility to be a debtor Under Chapter 9 of title 11 of the United States Code (a) Requirements Section 109(c) of title 11, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)— (A) in subparagraph (B) by inserting (but with respect to creditors who are employees or retirees of such entity, the term good faith shall have the same meaning as such term has in the National Labor Relations Act) after creditors the first place it appears, (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking impracticable and inserting impossible , and (C) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon, and (2) by adding at the end the following: and establishes by clear and convincing evidence that it satisfies the requirements of this subsection. . (b) Repeal of limitation on authority To issue stay pending appeal The first sentence of section 921(e) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking