[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 127 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H9840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DIRECTING SECRETARY OF THE SENATE TO CORRECT ENROLLMENT OF S. 3186, 
                     BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 2000

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate 
consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 427) directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to correct the enrollment of the bill S. 
3186.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I yield to 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions) for the purpose of explaining 
what we have before us at this time.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Gekas), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law and the Senator from Iowa, Mr. Grassley, the 
subcommittee chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts, for all their hard work over the past few years in 
getting this legislation to the point where it is today.
  Both men have demonstrated tremendous leadership and fairness in 
practice in creating this agreement that just passed this body, and I 
want to thank them for their efforts in the motion to rename this 
bankruptcy bill.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, continuing to reserve my right to object, 
did I understand the gentleman from Texas to say that he wanted to 
rename the bankruptcy bill in honor of the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Gekas) and someone else, Senator Grassley?
  Mr. SESSIONS. In fact, the gentleman from Texas is seeking to rename 
the bill the Gekas-Grassley Act.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman, this is 
something that he thinks would help the bill, or help American history, 
or help those who are concerned with bankruptcy law? What are we doing?
  Mr. SESSIONS. I thank the gentleman for his question. It is simply to 
rename the bankruptcy bill in honor of both the gentlemen who have 
worked diligently on its passage.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, continuing to reserve my reservation of 
objection, I have a number of questions that I will forego, but I want 
to say this. I think this is an appropriate disposition of this 
measure. I will not recall the way I have described this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, if any of that is accurate and my friend, the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania, still wants to have the bill named in his honor, I 
withdraw my reservation of objection.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman for not only 
his consideration, but his collegiality in this effort.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 427

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (S. 3186), A 
     bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other 
     purposes, the Secretary of the Senate shall make the 
     following corrections:
       (1) Amend section 1(a) of the bill to read as follows:
       ``(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the `The 
     Gekas-Grassley Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000.' ''.
       (2) Strike ``Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000'' each place it 
     appears throughout the bill and insert ``Gekas-Grassley 
     Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000''.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Sessions

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Sessions:
       Page 1, line 2, strike out ``S. 3186'', and insert ``H.R. 
     2415''; and
       Page 1, line 4, strike out ``Secretary of the Senate'' and 
     insert ``Clerk of the House''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
  The title of the concurrent resolution was amended so as to read: 
``Directing the Clerk of the House to correct the enrollment of the 
bill H.R. 2415.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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