[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 119 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10221]
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            SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FINANCIAL REPORT EXTENSION

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 458, S. 2071.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2071) to extend a quarterly financial report 
     program administered by the Secretary of Commerce.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SESSIONS. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed at this 
point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2071) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2071

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

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT PROGRAM.

       Section 4(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act to amend title 
     13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the 
     quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission 
     to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes'', 
     approved January 12, 1983 (Public Law 97-454; 13 U.S.C. 91 
     note), is amended by striking ``September 30, 1998'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2005''.

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