[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22387]
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 PROVIDING FOR CORRECTIONS IN ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 5164, TRANSPORTATION 
   RECALL ENHANCEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DOCUMENTATION (TREAD) ACT

  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I offer a concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 
428), providing for corrections in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
5164) amending title 49, United States Code, to require reports 
concerning defects in motor vehicles or tires or other motor vehicle 
equipment in foreign countries, and for other purposes, and ask 
unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 428

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill, H.R. 5164, 
     entitled ``An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require reports concerning defects in motor vehicles or tires 
     or other motor vehicle equipment in foreign countries, and 
     for other purposes'', the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives shall make the following corrections in 
     section 6:
       (1) insert before ``Section 30120(c)'' the following: ``(a) 
     Remedy Program.--''; and
       (2) insert at the end of section 6 the following:
       ``(b) Reimbursement Prior to Recall.--Section 30120(d) of 
     title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the 
     end thereof the following: ``A manufacturer's remedy program 
     shall include a plan for reimbursing an owner or purchaser 
     who incurred the cost of the remedy within a reasonable time 
     in advance of the manufacturer's notification under 
     subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118. The Secretary may 
     prescribe regulations establishing what constitutes a 
     reasonable time for purposes of the preceding sentence and 
     other reasonable conditions for the reimbursement plan.''.

  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, This concurrent resolution authorizes the 
Clerk of the House to correct the enrollment of the bill, H.R. 5164, 
the TREAD Act. This legislation passed both the House and Senate 
without opposition yesterday.
  Due to an inadvertent drafting error, a paragraph of the amendment 
offered by Mr. Luther in committee was deleted from the bill reported 
to the House, and left out of the bill subsequently passed by both the 
House and Senate. This provision, which addressed the reimbursement for 
repairs made prior to a recall, enjoyed broad bipartisan support and 
was always assumed to be part of the package passed by the House.
  This concurrent resolution simply corrects this error, and I urge my 
colleagues to support it.
  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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