[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10459-H10460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPEALING A REDUNDANT VENUE PROVISION

  Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate bill (S. 677) to repeal a redundant venue provision, and for 
other purposes.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                 S. 677

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. REPEAL.

       (a) Repeal.--Subsection (a) of section 1392 of title 28, 
     United States Code, is repealed.
       (b) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 1392 of 
     title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking ``(b) 
     Any'' and inserting ``Any''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Moorhead] and the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. 
Schroeder] each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California [Mr. Moorhead].


                             general leave

  Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks on S. 677.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in support of S. 677. S. 677 implements a 
proposal made by the Judicial Conference of the

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United States to eliminate a redundant provision governing venue, 
section 1392(a) of title 28 of the United States Code, which duplicates 
provisions of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. This is a 
housekeeping provision to eliminate any confusion regarding venue in 
title 28.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 677, a bill to repeal a 
redundant venue provision.
  This bill implements a Judicial Conference proposal to eliminate a 
provision governing venue, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1392(a), which duplicates 
provisions of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. This is a 
housekeeping measure to eliminate any confusion regarding venue caused 
by the redundant provision.
  I urge my colleagues to support this technical correction.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Moorhead] that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 677.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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