[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              FAMILY FARMER BANKRUPTCY RELIEF ACT OF 2004

  Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the Senate 
bill (S. 2864) to extend for eighteen months the period for which 
chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is reenacted, and ask for 
its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 2864

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Family Farmer Bankruptcy 
     Relief Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. EIGHTEEN-MONTH EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR WHICH CHAPTER 
                   12 OF TITLE 11, UNITED STATES CODE, IS 
                   REENACTED.

       (a) Amendments.--Section 149 of title I of division C of 
     Public Law 105-277 (11 U.S.C. 1201 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``January 1, 2004'' each place that term 
     appears and inserting ``July 1, 2005''; and
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``June 30, 2003'' and inserting ``December 
     31, 2003''; and
       (B) by striking ``July 1, 2003'' and inserting ``January 1, 
     2004''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     are deemed to have taken effect on January 1, 2004.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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