[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 94 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S7361]
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BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2001--MOTION 
                               TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 17, H.R. 333, 
the House bankruptcy reform bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. WELLSTONE. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, therefore, I move to proceed to the 
consideration of H.R. 333, and I will send a cloture motion to the 
desk. I also ask unanimous consent that on Thursday, July 12, beginning 
at 9 a.m., there be a period for debate of 3 hours prior to the cloture 
vote to be divided as follows: 2 hours under Senator Wellstone's 
control, and 1 hour equally divided between the chairman and ranking 
member of the Judiciary Committee, or their designees; that if cloture 
is invoked, the Senate proceed to the bill by consent and Senator 
Leahy, or his designee, be recognized to offer the text of S. 420, the 
Senate-passed bankruptcy bill, as a substitute amendment; that if a 
cloture motion is filed on that amendment, the cloture motion on the 
substitute amendment mature on Tuesday, July 17; that prior to that 
vote, there be a period for debate beginning at 9 a.m., divided as 
follows: 2 hours under the control of the senior Senator from 
Minnesota, Mr. Wellstone, and 1 hour equally divided between the 
chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, or their 
designees; that once the substitute amendment has been offered and 
cloture filed, the bill be laid aside until Tuesday, July 17; and that 
both mandatory quorum calls be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 17, H.R. 333, the bankruptcy reform 
     bill:
         Harry Reid, John Breaux, James M. Jeffords, Ben Nelson, 
           Daniel K. Inouye, Max Baucus, Blanche L. Lincoln, Evan 
           Bayh, Zell Miller, Joseph I. Lieberman, Byron L. 
           Dorgan, Daniel K. Akaka, Kent Conrad, Chuck Grassley, 
           Robert Torricelli, Joe Biden.

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