[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25099]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 2000--CONFERENCE REPORT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant 
legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate on the bill H.R. 
     2415, an Act to enhance security of United States missions 
     and personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other 
     purposes, having met, have agreed that the House recede from 
     its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to 
     the same with an amendment, and the Senate agree to the same, 
     signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both 
     Houses.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will proceed to the consideration 
of the conference report.
  (The report was printed in the House proceedings of the Record of 
October 11, 2000.)
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask the minority, and I am sure Senator 
Kerry is prepared to respond to this, if they are in a position to set 
a vote on the pending bankruptcy conference report after an hour or two 
of debate. I yield the floor for a response to that question from the 
Senator from Massachusetts on behalf of the leadership.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, at this time I 
have to object.
  Mr. LOTT. I certainly expected that. I know there are Senators who do 
object to that. This is very important legislation which needs to be 
enacted into the law. I appreciate the procedural cooperation we have 
had.
  The bill has been debated for weeks, and many amendments have been 
offered on both sides. Minimum wage was offered, as a matter of fact, 
to this bill while it was pending on the Senate floor, but minimum wage 
now is going to be put in the tax relief package we have been 
discussing.
  The bankruptcy bill ultimately passed by a vote of 83-14, so I will 
file cloture on this bill probably Sunday or


Monday so we can get to a cloture vote and complete its action.

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